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Heidi I think you did an excellent job of
responding to Mike's post. As a farmer I also take offense to his comments about
"sterilizing" creekbeds in wanting a" few more yards of crops". We are required
to maintain a 25 foot filter strip next to anything that comes close to
being classified as a stream. On my 200 acres of grassland we have two such
"streams". Since this 25 foot zone needs to be maintained on both sides you have
a 50 feet zone multiple this by the 1.5 mile length and you now have
7,920ft*50ft=396,000sq.ft/43,560sq feet/acre=9.09 acres that is removed from
production. I bought this land ,pay taxes on it,can't use it and....this is the
good part still have to control noxious weeds on it. Anyone care to help me cut
down thistles in August? As if this is not enough there is a move to have the
filter strips increased to 50 feet or greater each side of waterways. Most
people would consider this more than a "few yards"
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