As I travel many of our highways, I question how serious state agencies and politicians are about preserving the wetlands. The importance of wetlands has become front- page news because of a federal court ruling taking some jurisdiction over their protection away from the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Even with the Corps involved, it too often seems that somebody is asleep during an assault on the environment.
Sprawl comes in many forms other than residential development.
Under Gov. Tommy Thompson, the state looked like it was developing a bad case of varicose veins as his ambitious road building plan took shape. I have nothing against roads. I just don't think we need four-lane highways to get everywhere. I especially don't like it when politics gets involved in routing roads when a logical alternate exists. Political tinkering happens quite often, I find when talking to road planners and contractors.