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Published: Friday, December 16, 2005

Wetlands banking is a bunch of bunk

Why are we paying $150,000 per acre
to destroy farm land, and the farmer is paid $2,000 to $4,000 for it, in the pretense
of conserving land in the floodplain? This is land that can't be developed, is
zoned agriculture and is in the floodplain. Some would fear a cow may crap in
the pasture, which is somehow worse than attracting a migratory bird that craps
in the same area!

This cover-up is going on under the
heading of "wetlands banking" and the holding companies have
wonderful "greenie" names to make us and our leaders think all is
well! Now these wetland mitigation credits are sold to developers, plus a large
part to municipalities and we, the ultimate taxpayer, get the shaft! We are
allowing wetlands to be filled on the pretense that by destroying agriculture
forever it's all OK! This is going on right here in our county and all is well?

We are about to hear from a loyal
watchperson the details of this nasty little secret! Of course, we must depend
on the news media to report the story and not be white-washed in the name of
wetland protection. Of course, heaven forbid, a baseball field, which can
easily be returned to farmland, be built - this might cultivate a young
person's mind and teach them there are rules to live by. Our leaders should
have played baseball!

Bottom line - we pay - we pay big
money and lose our wonderful farmers and the gorgeous land they farm. God bless
them!

DENNY PERRIGOUE

Snohomish

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