Just quickly concerning municipalities, one thing I have found is that in my area, it seems that they will come in and.... We talked about what I call swamp, but marsh and wetlands. They will come in and, it would seem, be able to make the crusher to the urban area, because there are defined perimeters for urban areas. Then there's development that has to happen within it, whereby a number of acres will all of a sudden.... There's a machine that comes in and strips all the trees, and then the next time you come back, there's bare land. Then they bring in about five feet of topsoil or dirt to bring it up.
If I want to square up a farm, I have to go through a process and agree—which I will do—to replant trees someplace else.
I'm wondering how we get some control, if that is the right word—and it may be too big a word. I'm concerned, because there seems to be a disparity of authority in terms of who can cover marshland or leave a little bit of it. The stewards of the land, the agriculture people, are much more conscious, it seems, that if we're going to take some out, we're going to replant trees and are going to make sure that we protect those areas.
How, as municipal administrators, are you dealing with this, when you have the high pressure of developers coming in?