For everyone that's been complaining here, you better be going to all the river cleanups, scouting around for illegal dumpers, keeping an eye out for any and all problems affecting our local rivers. Floodplains recreated, wetlands restored, back bays and meanders returned. This is simpler than you think. Mark the areas on a map, as the property comes up for sale, the state buys it, tears it down and restores the land. This can be accomplished in 25 to 50 years.
People can live and thrive anywhere, there's no reason to live in areas that destroy the waterways.
I like my way. I also agree to disagree with Jason because I think we both are going for the same end result, just different ways of getting there. But I do plan on politely harassing them into compliance with the laws. You never know when you're going to come across something helpful. I've tried these techniques on every river I can get to and they work on all of them.