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[davchaffin@xxxxxxx]

TN birders,
I have spent 8 weeks this summer working in Elizabethtown, KY, and as I poke 
around, including a small stream within a few feet of where I am staying, I 
have not failed to notice something that would seem to be against some 
environwmental law, but I am not sure.? Can someone educate me on the laws 
covering riparian areas, and what can you do and not do legally, in the name of 
"progress".

For example, the stream I am speaking of has had large CAT vehicles driving 
through the sream, breaking off rocks that serve as the stream bed, and even 
stopping the flow by dirt that has been pushed into the stream bed, thus 
producing a muddy mess.? If exsiting laws have been broken, who do you go to 
seek protection for the environment?

I obviously have a lot to learn, but it seems noone is speaking up to protect 
this area.

David Chaffin
Cleveland TN
Elizabethtown, KY termporarily
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