It isn't only the Feds.
West Virginia has claimed most of the water in the state for itself.
The Summer 2007
West Virginia Extension Service "Fish Tales" news letter has some scary information about what West Virginia has done. I can only assume that other states have done the same thing.
I was quite surprised a few months ago to find that my pond, and the usually dry watershed that feeds it, are shown as "navigable water ways" on the county tax map.
