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There's a business park (Fairview Park) off of US 29 near Falls Church,VA. It's a nice shortcut to the capitol beltway from 29. Anyway, there's a place where they obviously intend to build an entrance for a non-yet-developed piece of land.

The only problem is that this place has a serious problem with standing water to the point that cattails are growing.

As I drove by it I thought "wouldn't it suck for that to be declared a federally-protected wetland because someone didn't put a storm drain there"?

What's the definition of a "wetland", anyway? I think I read that it was any places that has standing water for more than 10 days a year.

What's the definition of a "wetland", anyway? I think I read that it was any places that has standing water for more than 10 days a year>

Ha! That was the good old days when they just used water for determining wetlands.

Now in my part of Florida, if you have any one of 8 different types of soil on your property (which is essentially the entire state) some a$$hole bureaucrat can declare your property a "wetlands".