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Originally Posted by Reel Screamers
The oil companies and the land owners have dug canals through our marsh that accelerated erosion, changed the flow of natural waterways and have failed to keep them up, Lets face it, its expensive. As part of the meeting it was acknowledged that the State is charged with coming in and claiming these water bottoms as a public thing but they have not been doing it because they do not have the funds to do it or to fight the legal challenges that follow, even though they end up being affirmed more often than not. But remember the Rosa Parks analogy. The legislature last year passed an oyster lease law that changed the way oyster leases were handled. Shortly afterwards in several areas of the State these "landowners" began getting very aggressive about claiming waterways as belonging to them. These two actions along with the Billions that are about to be spent in our marsh are now pushing the issue. Change is coming and after the meeting that was had yesterday, it ain't going to be pretty and compromise does not look good, so like the other 49 States it looks like it will be all or nothing.
I understand the landowners argument that it has been this way for years but every now and then the pendulum swings too far one way and it has to be reset, a few bad apples are forcing the issue and there will be collateral damage.
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This is where people are getting confused. There are people gating up natural bayous (that is illegal), but then there are folks gating up these oil/gas canals that traverse or dead end into their property (this is legal by the way). There are thousands of oil/gas canals in some very popular fishing areas that could legally be gated (think about Lake Verret)
It seems to me that this coalition wants every bit of tidal marsh to be accessible. That is ridiculous, because basically everything south of I-10 would be open for hunting/fishing
The landowners are just going to give up their land? (sounds like communism)
Or is Louisiana going to buy it? (yeah right)
Are the landwoners going to keep the land but have to allow hunting/fishing on their property? Bye bye leases.
Where do we draw the line of what is "navigable"? Navigable by 25hp motor? Mud motor? Airboat?
Thinking y'all are going to poke this bear and get MORE canals gated off