(Special) Hilliard Beacon Podcast w/ Brian Gara

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sackett v EPA has taken a single case - related to a family homestead construction project in Idaho - and applied it to the entirety of the natural landscape in the United States.Over the ensuing decades - since the inception of the Clean Water Act and other environmental legislation in 1972 - Ohio has used these government rules and systems to battle back from ecological catastrophe and the fallout of our industrial past.Narrowly interpreting the definition of terms like “adjacent” and “adjoining” the Court has reset the battlegrounds of land use and conservancy regarding water in general and wetlands, specifically.Hilliard resident, local conservator - formerly of the Ohio EPA - and currently serving as a member of the Big Darby advisory panel Brian Gara joins us to discuss the local impacts and potential fallout of this far-reaching rollback of established law. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com/subscribe