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kdall7 t1_j3ug8c2 wrote

Would you like to read the paper I wrote last semester about why zoos are a net positive for conservation? Or maybe you can go to the website I linked and see all the good that they do in using animal ambassadors- to educate the public and raise funds for conservation efforts- who would never be able to survive in the wild (because they were injured or bred in captivity or seized as illegal pets)? I keep snakes that I’ve rescued, should I release them into the New England winter?

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SLEEyawnPY t1_j3ubzh3 wrote

>I was a wetlands delineator for a while. A lot of people, homeowners especially, get frustrated with wetlands protection laws.

The Supreme Court seems likely to classify wetlands as not being subject to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackett_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency_(2023)

That is to say a "waters of the United States" may have to pass some fashion of test of being deep/wide enough to sail a yacht through for the act to be applicable; marshes, bogs & swamps won't cut it.

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