By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
How Colorado protects wetlands depends on two perspectives: Is it a water quality issue or a land management issue?
Even assuming it’s a little of both, either answer leads to different approaches, each to be overseen by a different agency.
And either path offers implications for construction, permitting and management of habitats.
This month, lawmakers looked at the dueling approaches contained in two measures seeking to implement a way for the state to manage “dredge and fill discharge” permits tied to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined how a body of water can be protected under the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Waters of the United States” rule.
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