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Big Government is alive and well at the EPA. I'm sure the Big Government Nanny State advocates will defend this action.
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All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could drink and graze, and a private playground for his three children.
Is this the same guy that was warned 15 times that what he was doing wasn't in compliance?
No. It's they guy who got approval from the government to build his pond. "The property owner says he followed the state rules for a stock pond when he built it in 2012 and has an April 4-dated letter from the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office to prove it."
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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it doesn't matter whether he met the state law if he didn't follow federal law. Building a small decorative pond id one thing, damming a creek is another. Regardless of how silly some of the EPA regulations seem, people have to follow them or pay the penalty. When it comes to water, and especially streams, you have to check many agencies before spending time and money.
Either that or go off the grid in Alaska where you can do whatever you want.
Good, because man has the history of destroying without regard to what they are doing to the environment.
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