[blackdog]

In 1999 I received an updated plot map from my County Agent. It declared all my untilled farmland "Wetlands". I went ballistic and freaked out as 73 acres of my 180 acre farm just became wetlands even though it wasn't.

The county agent sat me down and told me the following...

"It's easier and more efficient for us to declare everything wetlands, and then work backwards to lift the parcels out of that status in the future one at a time based on intended use"

"We receive federal funding at the county level for management of wetlands and protection of wetlands"

(so everything is wetlands until you contest it to prove its not)

[Sequoyah101]

People need to disappear.

[Svartalfiar]

The county agent sat me down and told me the following...

"It's easier and more efficient for us to declare everything wetlands, and then work backwards to lift the parcels out of that status in the future one at a time based on intended use"

"We receive federal funding at the county level for management of wetlands and protection of wetlands"

Yea, sure, easier for them, but now all of you have to waste time and probably money in order to fix your land. And I bet if you don't argue it pretty quite, the 'wetlands' designation will get grandfathered in on you.

And, of course it's also about the money. Money and power is what they want.