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Home » Water Resources and Environment » Environment and Wetlands » Mikewalters Wetlands Page Mikewalters Wetlands Page in Quality Water Services Directory |
The forested wetland pictured above no longer exists. It was bulldozed in 1991 to dig a stormwater retention basin for a WalMart in Auburn, Indiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave permission under the Nationwide 26 wetlands destruction program. The engineer who designed the project said it would enhance the wetlands. So, what was once a highly complex redmaple swamp became a fouracre hole. The deep, black humic layer built up through centuries of leaflitter that was home to myriad tiny creatures was churned up and scraped off. The little creatures themselves were crushed and scattered. Yes, theres still water there...and a few cattails and an occasional blue heron.
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