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Lawyers, Swamps, and Money is an accessible, engaging guide to the complex set of laws governing America's wetlands. After explaining the importance of these critical natural areas, the book examines the evolution of federal law, principally the Clean Water Act, designed to protect them. Readers will explore topics including the fundamentals of administrative law; the geographic scope and activities covered by the Clean Water Act; the role of entrepreneurial wetland mitigation banking; and private property rights. The book concludes with insightful policy recommendations. A prominent legal scholar, Roy C. Gardner has a rare knack for describing landmark cases and key statutes with uncommon clarity and even humor. Students and professionals will gain the thorough understanding of administrative law needed to navigate wetlands policy-and they may even enjoy it.

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Lawyers, Swamps, and Money pulls off several neat tricks: It not only threads a clear path through the present complexity of wetlands protection law while thoughtfully charting important national win-win strategies for the future, but it also does so in a style that is helpful for both citizen activists and environmental attorneys. --Zygmunt Jan Bro l Plater Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

With a clear, logical, and humorous style, Gardner describes the antics of land owners, regulators, and justices all of which would be funnier if they weren't true and if the stakes were not so high. Those who want to understand why we don't have clean water, and all who want to correct the problems, need to begin by reading this book! --Joy B. Zedler Aldo Leopold Chair of Restoration Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Royal C. Gardner is Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy at Stetson University.

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