[AT] Real farmers problems - adiscussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - wasfuel problemsgetexpensive-perspectivesandreactions

[john hall]

Heard a good one today regarding not a farmer but a landowner. He bought 
several acres of land and built a house. Later he wanted to clear and grade 
a hillside. Big enough job he bought a dozer to do the work himself. Along 
came a big rain and mud washed into his neighbors pond. They called soil and 
water conservation who came out and gave him a week to get permits and 
install silt fencing or face a $5,000 a day fine. While inspecting his 
propertry he was told it was illegal to bury the stumps he had pushed up. 
They were nice enough to let him now they would zoom in on his property via 
satellite to see if he broke any more laws in the future. Funny part is he 
never had to clean up the neighbors pond.

John Hall