THERE IS A TENDENCY TO OVERLOOK THE INCREDIBLE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND ACTING TO ASSURE THE "FUTURE" BY KNOWING THAT IN THE "PAST".
HERE AT OTTER POINT THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS HAS BEEN VERY LIMITED SINCE THE HOUSEWIFE LEFT.
THERE ARE SEVEN ACRES OF FOREST ON THE LAND SURROUNDING KING SWAMP WHICH ABSORB A LOT OF CARBON DIOXIDE. FROGS ARE COMING BACK. A FEW WESTERN PEEPERS SING IN KING SWAMP AGAIN.
IT IS TOO BAD FOR THE HUMANS WHO LIVE HERE AT OTTER POINT LOT A. HUMANS REQUIRE LARGE FLAT AREAS TO BE ABLE TO DO VIRTUALLY ANYTHING. THE DITCH BISECTS THE ONLY RELATIVELY FLAT LAND.
THE PORTION OF THE FOREST WHICH HAD THE TALLEST TREES WAS ON THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. THE TREES WERE CUT DOWN AND THE PRIVACY OF THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN AWAY. THE SOIL WAS CUT DOWN ALSO, TO HARDPAN AND TRUCKED OFF. THE LAND IS INFERTILE AND CANNOT GROW ANYTHING BUT WEEDS.
PERHAPS THE WORST THING DONE TO SMALL AMPHIBIANS UP HERE ON TOP WAS THE DIGGING OF A SEVENTEEN FOOT DEEP DITCH TO PUT THE CREEK DOWN INTO AND DAMMING THE CREEK WITHOUT A MULTIPLE LEVEL CONTROLLABLE SPILLWAY. AS A RESULT NO WATER TRAVELS DOWN THROUGH THE CREEK EXCEPT DURING THE WINTER.
