Having spent a lot of time around the Chesapeake Bay, I am somewhat familiar with the impact of the wetlands on the bay. To "protect" (whatever that means for this administration) the water only defies all logic and only has minimal impact. This means disrupting the wildlife along the water which is directly related to what is in the water. This also leads to pollution seeping into the water system. And the impact on the houses? Well, start looking for those same people to start crying about flooding every time there is a storm as I used to see quite often over on the Eastern Shore.
Under the federal plan, critical habitats would be cut by more than 80 percent in the Northwest and 50 percent in California — and more cuts might be ordered based on public comments over the next six months, said Bob Lohn, northwest regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency responsible for saving salmon from extinction.
Large areas could be cut where state and federal habitat protections are already in place, such as national forests and places where the economic benefits of development outweigh the biological benefits of habitat.
After a lawsuit brought by the National Association of Home Builders, the federal agency agreed to reconsider critical habitat designations for 13 groups of threatened or endangered salmon in the Northwest, and seven in California.
