here’s the pathetic thing. The guy did this to protect both the river and his land from erosion which was filling the river with silt. I suspect the guy is going to lose his farm over this.
“Case said he did that to stop the river from cutting into farm fields he owns along the river. The river in previous years had washed away a 100-foot-by-800-foot section of the land, and he did not want to see more go downstream, he said.
Case hauled in at least 40 tractor-trailer loads of rock that was dropped next to the river, he said. He said each truckload held 20 to 25 cubic yards , so the dumped rock totals about 800 to 1,000 cubic yards of material. He then had dirt from the field added to fortify the dike.
Case contends that by adding the rock, he is actually improving the quality of the water in the North Santiam by stopping erosion.”
Clearly a case of a pissed off bureaucrat that thinks he/she has power. Looks like what the guy did was needed and improved the area.
To the EPA and the other authorities it doesn’t matter that he made it better. Their was a gal in Washington state that had a farm. On one side of the farm was a county road and a bridge.
People would toss crap into the creek and slopes - tires, washing machines, etc. And of course it was all overgrown with blackberries and stuff.
So she decided to clear it all out. Got in trouble for destroying native plants and working in the creek.