The wetlands bill passed by the Michigan Legislature last week holds onto language requiring a resource protection agency (DEQ) to identify 2500 acres of land suitable for cranberry production. Apparently it's not as bad as it sounds; some of the acreage could be already-drained wetlands that could be restored for this purpose. But it grinds you to think that there is no mandate for the resource protection agency to identify acres of wetland that should be off-limits to state-subsidized development or destruction.
If Mi. State Sen. Birkholz had a hand in this, well, you can always count on her to take the least beneficial option for Michigan's environment.
Posted by: Gary Wilson | October 07, 2009 at 09:35 PM