> The water board says that the island had reverted from a hunting destination to a tidal marsh over 10 years before he bought it. For Sweeney, it was a duck club in disrepair with an abandoned levee that needed patching up. He also claimed that when he bought the property in 2011, no one told him it was protected.
This seems to be the crux of the issue. If what Sweeney is saying is true here it's hard not to be sympathetic to him being caught in a sort of Kafkaesque trap. It seems common sense that you'd be able to repair levees on the island you bought.
The artificial wetlands being built in the Netherlands come to mind too.
This seems to be the crux of the issue. If what Sweeney is saying is true here it's hard not to be sympathetic to him being caught in a sort of Kafkaesque trap. It seems common sense that you'd be able to repair levees on the island you bought.
The artificial wetlands being built in the Netherlands come to mind too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_Wadden