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Our Bay: This Week's Take: Private property, public pain

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Published 07/18/09

If there is much we do not understand about the many processes of nature, we are certain of the following things:

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Kurt Riegel recently completed a term as president of the Severn River Association and lives in Arnold. He teaches environmental compliance management at Johns Hopkins University.
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Before man arrived, our forests processed rain water in perfect harmony with Chesapeake Bay watershed aquatic and terrestrial life.

The Severn River was a magnificent part of the world's most productive estuary.

Aquatic vegetation was abundant, providing food and refuge for the web of aquatic life.

Even after man's arrival, the river and bay displayed beauty, abundance, and health for several hundred years.

The automobile arrived, became everybody's "necessity," spawning...

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