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  • ND farmer defies government by draining wetlands

    12/01/2008 8:47:32 AM PST · by SmithL · 32 replies · 1,738+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 12/1/8 | JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Writer
    Bismarck, N.D. (AP) -- Armed with a tractor or a backhoe, Alvin Peterson moves dirt to drain prairie potholes on his land, saying he's putting the land back to the way God intended. The 78-year-old retired farmer from Lawton, in northeastern North Dakota, has been in hot water with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over wetlands for more than 40 years. The agency had an easement contract with his father for the potholes to house and feed wildlife. Federal authorities, after dealing for decades with Peterson's pothole-emptying antics, began cracking down on him. Last month — and for the...