March 7, 2015: "Researchers and supporters of a program that helps farmers run cleaner and more efficient operations say they were “stunned” and “blindsided” by Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut a third of the project’s funding.
Discovery Farms, a UW-Extension program that dates to 2001, applies science from a “plows-on” level, evaluates and monitors efforts by state farmers to control runoff, calibrate fertilizer use and employ techniques to conserve land and water.
It has a $750,000 budget, of which $248,000 would be cut in the governor’s proposed state budget.
UW-Extension officials noted the loss affects longstanding projects and the ability of the small program to leverage crucial additional grants and funds.
“We would have a 1.2-employee reduction of staff and we would pull back some of our sampling efforts, water quality analysis and a project (set) for Rock County,” said Amber Radatz, project co-director.
The project’s programs include monitoring 20 state farms and educating thousands of farmers on conservation strategies.
“This was a big surprise to our agency partners as well as our partners in farm groups and in UW-Extension,” she said. “We never had an inkling.”
The $248,000 comes from a surcharge on farm chemical sales that would be discontinued."
I have three ponds that were built in the 70’s with the help of the water district for flood control.
I will blow up my damns before I let one EPA bass turd tell me what I cannot do.
...confusion about whether permits are needed...
Citizen, do you have a permit to question
the regulatory agency?
If yes, it was a mistake.
If no, then you are under arrest.
But....
Aha, resisting arrest, arrest him again.
Well, that could include the urine in your bladder. Sooner or later, that water will end up in some navigable waterway.
The Rivers and Harbors act of 1898 should have been sufficient. The EPA is a Federal seizure looking for a place to loot.
Does this mean that SALT will no longer be allowed to melt ice on our roads in the winter?
....not to mention a ton of other *unintended* consequences.
Can you name the four branches of gov’t?
Regulatory
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Read the subtext here - the clarity is that EVERY person & business WILL be subject to increased rules and regulations and these regulations will be decided by bureaucrats heavily influenced by environmentalists whose unobtainable goal is 'zero-impact'.
Of course I should add that the goal is achievable by the elimination of human populations. My personal preference would be for these zero-impact zealots start with themselves!
Agenda 21-based. Taking away what you can do on your own property is phase 1, taking away your property is phase 2.
Really gives the EPA control of all water in the U.S.
The EPA is restricted by law to monitoring ‘navigable waters’ in the U.S.
They’re using new language that allows control of any water that is linked to aquifers or underground water supplies that are in any way connected to navigable water.
Basically this is any water anywhere in the country. If you own property on a lake you’re in big trouble, heck if you even have a pond or waterhole on your land the EPA will control your land.