Most of my hay ground/pasture is on a flood plain. Back in 1973, my dad had the ditches around cleaned out. Did the same in 1992. BIG MISTAKE! Around 1991 is when the Clean Water Act and Minnesota's similar laws passed. He had even asked the Soil and Water Conservation District if it was OK as long as he was maintaining existing ditches. Well, it was NOT OK. Both the Army and the DNR came after him and the hoe operator threatening 3 years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollar fines.
They eventually let them both off with nothing because dad saved his receipt from the work done in 1973 AND got the SWCD guys to admit to what they told him. The strange part was the US Army Hydrologist telling him how what he did (cleaning out the ditch and putting cattle crossing culverts every 100ft) was actually beneficial to the wetland, but in the same visit telling him he was going to prison for doing it.
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