House Resolution 961 otherwise know...

House Resolution 961 otherwise known as the reauthorized Clean Water Act (CWA), delineates a fundamental shift in federal policy with regard to the delineation and protection of wetland areas.

In 1987 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called for a gathering of scientists, politicians and private industry leaders to qualified and discuss the definition of a wetland. admitting wetland areas have enjoyed more [i]or[/i] less federal protection since the Federal immerse one's self Stamp Program in 1934, different agencies had different definitions for what constitutes the same and the EPA felt a standard definition was warranted.

Dubbed the National Wetlands Policy Forum, the meeting produc three words which have become, HR 961 notwithstanding, the official federal policy forward wetlands protection: "no net loss"

Though interpreted in various ways, the no unadulterated loss policy was adopted by way of President George Bush and since according to the Clinton Administration. However, if the wetlands provisions of HR 961 are signed