Spring run-off??

[grrrr]

Wetlands don't cause flooding. Drainage causes flooding.

[Hopperbin]

Drainage could and supposed to control flooding. I thought drainage controlled the flooding. hmmmm

[Hopperbin]

grr, a few years ago we had one serious spring rain rain rain, drainage ditches started running when the snow melted and did not stop, even after freeze up in late fall there was still water running. My dad could not remember a year we had so much rain, but in the 50's there was a a couple years where they had a lot of rain. In fact there was a couple years there was not hardly a crop planted. At least that year we planted around the sloughs and running water then all the little wedges in between. Not sure where your coming from with wetlands don't cause floading wetlands are not farm land.

[grrrr]

Exactly. Wetlands are not farmland. But many think they should be farmland. That's what starts the fights. People are ready to shoot each other over drainage. One gains while another loses. A wetland that has been around since the last ice age gets drained and everyone downstream has to deal with the extra water. Yes there are areas that would not be farmable without drainage. I get that. But the water doesn't magically "disappear". It has to go somewhere. Look at what is happening to Lake Winnipeg. How long can we continue to ruin one of the planets largest freshwater lakes without nature coming back to bite us. Remember, nature always holds the trump card.

[Hopperbin]

Lake winnipeg is there cause of runoff, why would we ruin it with more runoff?

[grrrr]

It's what is in the runoff that is the problem. Read the papers.

[Hopperbin]

Can I canoe the Nelson instead?

[bgmb]

Drainage makes money for everyone if everyone is on board but all it takes is one person to ruin it for everyone.

Luckily our neighbors have been excellent to work with and we have all been able to benefit from working together to improve drainage on our land.

[agchat]

Would some of you be kind enough to tell me
how you can make water run up hill. It
amazes me how some of you do not
understand elevation in different parts of the
the province. No wonder jokes like this get
going. Like Tom would say Cheers.
"When I was young my intent was to go to a
Canadian medical school, but I was
confused by the entrance exam.
One of the questions was, "Rearrange the
letters P N E S I to spell an important
part of the human body that is more useful
when erect."
Those who spelled SPINE became doctors.
The rest became farmers. "

[fjlip]

grrrr, you are mostly correct. I am on a C&D board to manage maintenance on an existing ditch constructed in 1954 and added to in 1967.
Unfortunately never was designed for today's volumes such as 2010 flood.
Trackhoes are adding many times the volume in the last few years.
Really zero cooperation and zero permits applied for.
Our area is a mess of BTO drainage with no consideration or cooperation. Such a shame, that's how hard feelings and worse starts over water. The RM hopefully will be on side or it's going to WSA and complaints.