SYNTHLORD t1_j3sjaty wrote on January 10, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Reply to comment by somegridplayer in Worcester Walmart violated MA law after homeless camp clearing by HRJafael

I was a wetlands delineator for a while. A lot of people, homeowners especially, get frustrated with wetlands protection laws. However many MA homeowners especially should be thankful for wetlands due to their ability to reduce and control storm water runoff and floods.

Without them we would look a lot more like Texas when it rains, and a lot of our towns already have ridiculous water tables and fucked up basements.

Companies are obviously the biggest perpetrators of wetland destruction though. It’s funny how they end up on the same graphs as invasive species.

giabollc t1_j4038c2 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 6:08 AM

And they can also be used to prevent any development leading to more homeless.

SLEEyawnPY t1_j3ubzh3 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 2:52 AM

>I was a wetlands delineator for a while. A lot of people, homeowners especially, get frustrated with wetlands protection laws.

The Supreme Court seems likely to classify wetlands as not being subject to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackett_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency_(2023)

That is to say a "waters of the United States" may have to pass some fashion of test of being deep/wide enough to sail a yacht through for the act to be applicable; marshes, bogs & swamps won't cut it.