From: "Robert G Lewis" 

"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.10.09.19.16.03.503688{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:26:26 -0500, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>> They help from what I've read.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:4168188b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> So you are saying swamps purify water?
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:416801e5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Except wetlands are one of nature's ways of purifying
water. Personally
>>>> I consider clean water to be very useful.
>>>>
>
> This is true - the mass of plant life in a swamp will grab a lot of the
> excess nutrients and whatnot out of the water.
>
> OTOH, I do think some have gone way overboard in defining what constitutes
> a wetland. When I was stationed in Maryland, there was a very small (maybe
> 1/10th acre) plot that was located in between a McDonalds and the parking
> lot of the church I attended. It had a few trees in it, and looked
> generally damp. I was told nobody could do anything about it because it
> was officially a wetland area.
>

I agree, that does sound like overkill. Some of the environmentalists are a
bit ( okay a LOT) nutty.

Bob Lewis

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