Opinion By Marc B. Fried – Shawangunk Journal –June 30, 2011

Recent news that the DEC is updating its map of wetlands in the Wallkill River basin should be met with praise: an important State agency is doing its job. Instead, it has been met with hues and cries from those who seem to think taxpayers should compensate them for the additional potential profits they might have made if they'd been allowed to eventually sell or develop wetlands and neighboring buffer zones without regard for environmental consequences. For full opinion, click here.