Preserving wetlands is a noble and necessary effort to naturally remove environmental imbalances introduced into the soil. Legislation that both protects the environment and preserves the rights of the property owners must be fair. However, "fair" is in the minds of the politicians in control at the time such legislation is designed and enacted. I think (not sure about this) there is some property tax relief or rebate or similar incentive for property owners who designate a portion of their property as wetlands??? If so, all the more reason to ensure the law is fair and not provide another tax dodge scheme.
Thanks for banging the keys and giving us a detailed account of this issue, presenting both sides of this seemingly simple yet complicated issue. Your journalistic efforts and style of reporting are sorely missed in this area...everywhere actually. Please keep enlightening us about such issues that otherwise would be unknown.
Thanks, Dave. I’ve heard about property tax breaks for classified forest and wild lands offered by the state as well as all of the federal conservation reserve, wetland reserve, environmental quality improvement, etc assistance and the county soil and water initiatives. Good point to mention those, and a newsworthy topic.
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Preserving wetlands is a noble and necessary effort to naturally remove environmental imbalances introduced into the soil. Legislation that both protects the environment and preserves the rights of the property owners must be fair. However, "fair" is in the minds of the politicians in control at the time such legislation is designed and enacted. I think (not sure about this) there is some property tax relief or rebate or similar incentive for property owners who designate a portion of their property as wetlands??? If so, all the more reason to ensure the law is fair and not provide another tax dodge scheme.
Thanks for banging the keys and giving us a detailed account of this issue, presenting both sides of this seemingly simple yet complicated issue. Your journalistic efforts and style of reporting are sorely missed in this area...everywhere actually. Please keep enlightening us about such issues that otherwise would be unknown.
Thanks, Dave. I’ve heard about property tax breaks for classified forest and wild lands offered by the state as well as all of the federal conservation reserve, wetland reserve, environmental quality improvement, etc assistance and the county soil and water initiatives. Good point to mention those, and a newsworthy topic.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/indiana/news/indiana-landowner-utilizes-crp-wre-to