Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Clean water Act/ THE EPA /private waters

It was August 27th 2014 just 6 years ago, when Texas Congressman exposed the EPA's takeover plans through the Clean Waters ACT. And redefining dry land as protected wetlands where they would control all private ponds and lakes be redefining the term Waters of the United States. 2016 the Socialist agenda was stopped and those heavy fines of thousands of dollars per day on landowners that built ponds were stopped Will we have to go through this all over again ? I am concerned or I would not have brought this reminder up.

We are on thin ice so tread carefully.

One of the first things I became aware of in posting on a forum is just how easy it is to misunderstand what someone writes or to post something that may be understood differently than intended. It is almost impossible to be accurate and unemotional when writing as most of us are not professional writers . So read and write with a grain of salt . Politics (especially now) is the worst topic to try and discuss over a forum because it is so emotional and out of control. Just watch the news (not factual anymore, just opinion) for proof of the madness.

Having represented people in COE matters i have first hand knowledge of what happens . I do not discuss them here.

Off the soap box - thanks for understanding.

Yup, but we have even greater issues to deal with in the world right now... Somehow, we need to find some common ground.

You know who.....for 2020!!!!

As we can all see right now, and for the past few years, forum traffic has vastly slowed.

If we keep things civil, we should be OK.

Private property rights are the underpinning of our society. We've certainly seen Private Property rights be thrown to the wind in several cities around the USA. We can also see a 'movement' to make it amoral to defend private property.

Frank, There is alot going on right now. But I felt like this needed to be added to the list of things that concern me should we go through a change in political administration at this time. My pond and my land. I worked hard to be able to pay for it. Isn't this the American dream ? After all things said Americans all have an equal opportunity to do so.

Rstringer, No guberment representative has come to your place and fined you $75,000.00 per day because you built a pond on your property. That really happened !! And was happening almost every day until the EPA socialist agenda was changed within a few short weeks after the 2016 election. So not being exposed to such things does not mean it didn't happen and it might happen again if the very same people are put back in office.

I agree Dudley! Permits are all about money and that is all it is! It is really not about any concerns, it's about money, period!

After being a member of the Pond Boss family for 6 yrs, i know we are not here to argue, or fight over politics but Like Eric said . Water is for fighting for, just like Theo, " When they pry my cold wet fingers from it",

Keep engaged, its like managing your pond,

One of the things I like about the PBF is that you have a lot of people from different backgrounds, but for the most part everyone gets a long .