U.S. Supreme Court wades into Michigan dispute over wetlands [property rights]

Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | October 12, 2005 | Michael McGough

[freepatriot32]

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[Clemenza]

Wetlands=Swamp.

If I pee on my lawn, will the DOI come in and declare it a "wetland?"

[hedgetrimmer]

Thanks for posting.

[Cuttnhorse]

"It's the same authority that applies to the US Corps of Engineers work on rivers, dams, levees, canals, etc.."

Oh? Then what is the Corps doing in the mountains in the middle of Idaho, classifying as wetlands bog areas where snow stays into late spring?

If we had a congress that actually did something, this would never happen. The Corps of Engineers should never have been allowed this type of unregulated authority.

[teeman8r]

maryland has based its entire wetland regulations on a corps of engineer flyover assessment... they took the corps suggested wetland areas and made them law... if there is a disputed area, then they will come out and declare it a wetland so there is no mistake...

been there, tried to stop it.

teeman