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Lake property owners urge county to back legal challenge to state wetlands rules; others support protections
Summary
Speakers at the legislature's public comment period urged the county to join litigation opposing recent freshwater wetlands rule changes that expand wetland designations around Chautauqua Lake; other commenters urged support for the regulations as lake protections.
Multiple speakers used the public comment period May 28 to press the county to take a position on recently amended freshwater wetlands regulations that expand mapped wetland areas and create upland buffers.
Jim Wirfritz, president of the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, told the legislature volunteers and donors have funded legal work and asked the county to join as an amicus party in lawsuits challenging the state regulations. Wirfritz said the county and the lake rely on property tax…
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