Meredith is a hot mess’s Reviews > Building Natural Ponds: Create a Clean, Algae-free Pond without Pumps, Filters, or Chemicals > Status Update

I skimmed - this is a good resource. I'll refer back to it. 4 stars.

This guy's experience with wetlands was interesting:

https://youtu.be/5Wqf6afdESg?si=ll4_U...

He mentions that wetland inventory map I found earlier - it's so important to do due diligence yourself. Even when contacting experts.

One farmer I know who lets us walk our dog on his property?

The property next time (several hundred acres) is being sold off lot by lot.

Some bordering his property did a survey, it went over his fenceline he's kept up (mowing, etc) for decades. He hired a lawyer, sent a letter to the man. The lawyer did research on the new owners-

If a couple or person is wanting to buy wetlands to build on, it's going to have a lot of extra red tape, potential set backs.

It's investors buying wetlands in prime real estate spots - they have the funding to push through red tape.

What this couple in Canada are doing is cool (the inspirational background music lame lol):

https://youtu.be/wfjmA_t5dwc?si=ySRdV...

imo that's the way to go - lean into conservation if someone is wanting to live or buy wetlands.

the wetland permaculture food crops is something to look into, eventually

I like this guy's attitude:

https://youtu.be/bYwqfW55dGs?si=bPwNQ...

Instead of planing projects like in ground swimming pools near wetlands, he's focused on rewilding, planting native plants. He got in touch with the state's conservation programs.

I talked to a local guy, he used to lease land on the wetlands we have to farm, decades ago. He said he made sure to always farm organic in that space - in case the EPA showed up and started asking questions.