When the Environmental Protection Agency released its much-anticipated rule this year broadening its interpretation of the Clean Water Act, there was immediate pushback from farmers, homesteaders and their allies. The rule, they said, would give the federal government unprecedented oversight over creeks, streams and even ditches. Ditches? It sounds hard to believe, but it’s true, and the EPA’s water proposal is the topic of this week’s Off The Grid Radio, as American Farm Bureau’s Don Parrish tells us why landowners across the US should be concerned.
