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of shoulders and how far the legs
of the cow were spread apart.
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various agencies and getting the
permits needed.”
By the spring of 1990, he con
tinued to have extreme difficulty in
scheduling agency personnel and
was frustrated by the slow turnar
ound of paperwork. But he decided
not to plant the field since he was
certain that any day, he would
receive permission to do the work.
‘‘Everytime I contacted the
Corps, I would talk to a secretary
who said that the person I needed
to contact was not in. My calls
were not returned until six weeks
or six months later or not at all.
The Corps were not sure where
the paperwork was and the process
dragged on and on.
“Neither the DER nor the Corps
respond promptly,” Troop said,
“They were not very accomodat
ing. I wasted so many phone calls
trying to get hold of them again
and again.
Eventually Troop had to reapply
because he was told that his paper
work had gotten mixed up with
Maryland paperwork.
“It seemed like a real lack of
coordination and effort,” Troop
Troop said, “Each fellow tries to get a
little more pasture or a little more crop
land. Each sees it as improving his opera
tion. While more production per acre and
getting rid of muddy areas appear to be
beneficial, if you stand back and look at
the broader view, there is a lot of loss that
the individual working the ground doesn y t
appreciate.”
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said. "It is difficult when the Corps
is so far away and they have so
large an area of jurisdiction.”
Finally, in the fall 1990, Troop
was given permission to do partial
restoration to the tiled land.
The Corps said that part of the
previously tiled land had con
verted back to wetlands and could
not be drained. The area where
crops had been tilled and tile
remained underneath was desig
nated as cropland, but he was not
'owed to put in drain tile in the
that had converted back to
wetlands. He was allowed to run a
solid line through the wetlands to
carry the water into the pond.
Troop did not need to pay for a
permit since he had only wanted to
replace tile, but he did need a per
mit to take water from tile system
in field through a wetland to reach
the pond. To take the four-inch
plastic tubing through the wetland
he also needed a utility line permit.
Permits were needed for outfall
structures. The line going from
pond back to stream that needed
replacement also needed a DER
permit.
A general purpose permit was
needed for utility line. Those per
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mils allowed a contractor to put in
the system according to SCS specs
as long as no perforated pipe was
put in wetlands.
Troop also had to contact the
Fish Commission, notify local
municipality, and send a letter to
the county planning commission
stating his plans.
“A large majority of us have
always thought that it’s our land
and we can do anything with it that
we want, so these regulations go
against our grain a bit,”
On the other hand. Troop sees
the necessity to preserve wetlands.
He said, “I’ve seen an awful lot of
swamps drained, about 90 percent
are gone in this area. They had
served as a catch basin for a lot of
heavy rains. Now big storms make
a big flush through system. In the
summertime, streams are low, for
there are no slow feeding of the
streams from the swamps.”
Troop said, “Each fellow tries to
get a little more pasture or a little
more cropland. Each sees it as
improving his operation. While
more production per acre and get
ting rid of muddy areas appear to
be beneficial, if you stand back and
look at the broader view, there is a
lot of loss that the individual work
ing the ground doesn’t
appreciate.”
“Sometimes I scratch my head. I
went through all the details and
tried to do everything the way it
was supposed to be done, and then
I look around the area and see a
backhoe tearing things apart with
out permits or consideration to
anything and nothing every comes
of it. Is it really necessary to go
through all the paperwork for a few
acres?”
Troop estimates it will take him
15 to 20 years before he sees any
profit above the expense it took
him to relile the farm land.
Troop offers these guidelines
for other fanners.
• 1. If you have farmland that
has been tiled in the past, as soon as
you suspect the system is having
trouble, get it maintained, because
if it deteriorates, you are going to
lose it because it will return to wet
lands. The key is to get it done
early.
•2. Be on the safe
side and ask permis
sion from all the agen
cies so you can be sure
of Ok. You don’t need
the headaches of pro
secution. Remain
level headed. Docu
ment all conversations
in a work ledger to
protect yourself.
•3. Start application
early, long before yo
intend to do the work.
•4. Make sure you
notify the proper
agencies. Call the 800
utility number three
days in advance. If
you do not give
advance notice, you
are open to
prosecution.
•S. If it is time to
plant your field, plant.
The biggest aggrava
tion is waiting for
phone calls and losing
valuable time.
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