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got this in an email..
our government is truly a work of art..:roll:
This is an actual letter:
State of Pennsylvania 's letter to Mr. DeVries:
> SUBJECT: DEQ ... File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec 20;
> Lycoming County
>
> Dear Mr. DeVries:
>
> It has come to the attention of the Department of
> Environmental Quality that there has been recent
> unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of
> property. You have been certified as the legal landowner
> and/or contractor who did the
> following unauthorized
> activity:
>
> Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across
> the outlet stream of Spring Pond.
>
> A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of
> activity. A review of the Department's files shows that
> no permits have been issued Therefore, the Department has
> determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301,
> Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and
> Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of
> 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the
> Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.
>
> The Department has been informed that one or both of the
> dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing
> debris and flooding at downstream locations.. We find that
> dams of this nature are inherently hazardous
> and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders
> you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and
> to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing
> all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel.
> All restoration work shall be completed no later than
> January 31, 2013.
>
> Please notify this office when the restoration has been
> completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be
> scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request
> or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result
> in this case being referred for elevated enforcement
> action..
>
> We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in
> this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office
> if you have any questions.
>
> Sincerely,
> David L. Price
> District Representative and Water Management Division.
>
>
> Here is the actual response sent back by Mr. DeVries:
>
> Re: DEQ File
> No.. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County
>
> Dear Mr. Price,
>
> Your certified letter dated 11/17/12 has been handed to
> me. I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at 2088
> Dagget Lane , Trout Run, Pennsylvania .
>
> A couple of beavers are in the process of constructing and
> maintaining two wood 'debris' dams across the outlet
> stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for,
> authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they
> would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of
> natures building materials 'debris.'
>
> I would like to challenge your department to attempt to
> emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you
> choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you
> could ever match their dam skills, their dam
> resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence,
> their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic.
>
>
>
>
> These are the beavers/contractors you are seeking. As to
> your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they
> must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this
> type of dam activity.
>
> My first dam question to you is:
> (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond
> Beavers, or
> (2) Do you require all beavers throughout this State to
> conform to said dam request?
>
> If you are not discriminating against these particular
> beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request
> completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam
> permits that have been
> issued. (Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam
> violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the
> Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451
> of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to
> 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws,
> annotated.)
>
> I have several dam concerns. My first dam concern is,
> aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The
> Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable
> to pay for said representation -- so the State will have to
> provide them with a dam lawyer.
>
> The Department's dam concern that either one or both of
> the dams failed during a recent rain event, causing
> flooding, is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which
> the Department is required to protect. In other words, we
> should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than
> harassing them and calling them dam names.
>
> If you want the damed stream 'restored' to a dam
> free-flow condition please contact the beavers -- but if you
> are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any
> attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read
> English.
>
> In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right
> to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue,
> the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have
> more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If
> the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
> Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the
> natural resources (Beavers) and the environment
> (Beavers' Dams).
>
> So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case
> can be
> referred for more elevated enforcement action right now.
> Why wait until 1/31/2013? The Spring Pond Beavers may be
> under the dam ice by then and there will be no way for you
> or your dam staff to contact/harass them.
>
> In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a
> real environmental quality, health, problem in the area It
> is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I
> definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating
> bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to
> investigate the beaver dam, watch your dam step! The bears
> are not careful where they dump!
>
> Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being
> unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am
> sending this response to your dam office.
>
> THANK
> YOU,
>
> RYAN DEVRIES & THE DAM
> BEAVERS
:lmao::lmao:
our government is truly a work of art..:roll:
This is an actual letter:
State of Pennsylvania 's letter to Mr. DeVries:
> SUBJECT: DEQ ... File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec 20;
> Lycoming County
>
> Dear Mr. DeVries:
>
> It has come to the attention of the Department of
> Environmental Quality that there has been recent
> unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of
> property. You have been certified as the legal landowner
> and/or contractor who did the
> following unauthorized
> activity:
>
> Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across
> the outlet stream of Spring Pond.
>
> A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of
> activity. A review of the Department's files shows that
> no permits have been issued Therefore, the Department has
> determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301,
> Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and
> Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of
> 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the
> Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.
>
> The Department has been informed that one or both of the
> dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing
> debris and flooding at downstream locations.. We find that
> dams of this nature are inherently hazardous
> and cannot be permitted. The Department therefore orders
> you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and
> to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing
> all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel.
> All restoration work shall be completed no later than
> January 31, 2013.
>
> Please notify this office when the restoration has been
> completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be
> scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request
> or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result
> in this case being referred for elevated enforcement
> action..
>
> We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in
> this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office
> if you have any questions.
>
> Sincerely,
> David L. Price
> District Representative and Water Management Division.
>
>
> Here is the actual response sent back by Mr. DeVries:
>
> Re: DEQ File
> No.. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County
>
> Dear Mr. Price,
>
> Your certified letter dated 11/17/12 has been handed to
> me. I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at 2088
> Dagget Lane , Trout Run, Pennsylvania .
>
> A couple of beavers are in the process of constructing and
> maintaining two wood 'debris' dams across the outlet
> stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for,
> authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they
> would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of
> natures building materials 'debris.'
>
> I would like to challenge your department to attempt to
> emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you
> choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you
> could ever match their dam skills, their dam
> resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence,
> their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic.
>
>
>
>
> These are the beavers/contractors you are seeking. As to
> your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they
> must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this
> type of dam activity.
>
> My first dam question to you is:
> (1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond
> Beavers, or
> (2) Do you require all beavers throughout this State to
> conform to said dam request?
>
> If you are not discriminating against these particular
> beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request
> completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam
> permits that have been
> issued. (Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam
> violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the
> Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451
> of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to
> 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws,
> annotated.)
>
> I have several dam concerns. My first dam concern is,
> aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The
> Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable
> to pay for said representation -- so the State will have to
> provide them with a dam lawyer.
>
> The Department's dam concern that either one or both of
> the dams failed during a recent rain event, causing
> flooding, is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which
> the Department is required to protect. In other words, we
> should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than
> harassing them and calling them dam names.
>
> If you want the damed stream 'restored' to a dam
> free-flow condition please contact the beavers -- but if you
> are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any
> attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read
> English.
>
> In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right
> to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue,
> the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have
> more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If
> the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
> Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the
> natural resources (Beavers) and the environment
> (Beavers' Dams).
>
> So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case
> can be
> referred for more elevated enforcement action right now.
> Why wait until 1/31/2013? The Spring Pond Beavers may be
> under the dam ice by then and there will be no way for you
> or your dam staff to contact/harass them.
>
> In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a
> real environmental quality, health, problem in the area It
> is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I
> definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating
> bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to
> investigate the beaver dam, watch your dam step! The bears
> are not careful where they dump!
>
> Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being
> unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am
> sending this response to your dam office.
>
> THANK
> YOU,
>
> RYAN DEVRIES & THE DAM
> BEAVERS
:lmao::lmao:
