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’ i .<.' » \\ <br />9 I <br />; <br />f * <br />l-viP <br />J> 1 <br />r .1 <br />r <br />:i- ■ ♦ <br />V' •• ^ iH-. <br />-'Vi <br />''iV I' <br />11 <br />- /. <br />!^1 <br />‘ 5T 1 <br />‘W. <br />I' V , f* <br />»-J • <br />'V <br />t <br />[J,,:a <br />W'^» » <br />.riA. >/-M>iij—fr-m7liS * 201 NORTH WESTERN REPORTER. 2d SERIESi j|:/nis’ itKipcrtN. Wo M.irt wtth the ;>rcm- 1-0 ih.il l.iki> .iiiil rivor> in their natural -l.ito arc im|U)lliitcd .nul the jiollution which <br />turn exists is nun ma<le. The state of <br />WiH'onsin umler the trust iloctriuo ha- a <br />duty to erailieatc the jirosciit jMilhitiou ai»l <br />to lu ovout further pollution in its nav ittahte <br />waters. This is not, in a lenal sense, a t;ain <br />or a securing of a honefit hy the niaintaiu- <br />intc of the natural sUiliis «/io» of the en­ <br />vironment. What makes this case ihfieient <br />from most comlemnation or police power <br />zoninjj cases is the interrelationship uf the <br />uetlands, the swamps and the natural en <br />vironment of shorclands to the purity of <br />the water and to such natural resource- as <br />navigation, fishin;r. and scenic heanly. <br />Swamps and wetlands were once coi.sideml <br />wasteland, undesirahle, and not picture-iiuc. <br />I’.ut as the |»cople hccame more .sophisti ­ <br />cated, an appreciation wa- acipiired that <br />swamps and wetlanil- -erve a vital role <br />III nature, are part of the halauce of nature <br />and are essential to the purity of the water <br />in our lakes and sire.ims. .<wanips and <br />wetlamls are a necessary part of the ecoloj;- <br />ic.d eication and now, even to the iiii- <br />initwitcfl, possess llicir own l»raiily in nainu*. <br />[11. 12] Is tlir o\vnri>lup ol a par«*rl of <br />land so alisolnU* that man can *;hai.^:r Us <br />nature to suit any of his purposis' I !u* <br />^M'lat forests of mir slate were slrij»pcd nn <br />the theory inaiTs ownership was nnlnnilt d. <br />Ihil in forestry, the land at least was used <br />naturally, only the natural frnii i»1 tin* <br />latid (the tree'll were taki n. 'I he ih spiMl <br />ai:e was in the failure l*» !n»»k to ihd Intnre <br />.atal provide tor the refore'^tratioti ol the <br />lainl. An m\ner of laml has no al ^Mlijt* <br />and nnlmnted n^lu to ehaiu:e the essential <br />natural eharaeler iif his land so as to iise <br />It for a purpose tor wlneh it was nnsintr«l <br />in its natural state and wlneh ininits tiu- <br />rights of others. The ixereisc of the p«» <br />liee p«»wrr in zoning must he reas«»n.d»lr <br />and we think it is not an mneason.iMe ev <br />eiefsc of that power l<i piaxenl haiiii to <br />pill lie rn his hy limiting the nse oi pri\.ilt <br />pmpeity to its natural uses. <br />(13) This is not a case where an owner is prevt nted from usinj; his hind for natur ­al ami indn^eiions uses. 1 he uses consistent <br />with the nature of the laml arc allowed and <br />other iise.s recognized and still others per­ <br />mitted hy special permit. Ihe shorcland <br />/oiiinu ordinance prevents to some extent <br />the chan>;in|' of the natural character of <br />the land within l.OtJO feet of a navijjalilc <br />lake and Mn) feet of a naviKaUe river he- <br />eause of such land ’s interrelation to the <br />conli^nons water. The clianixinjir of wet­ <br />lands and swamps t<i the dama;;e iif the <br />>*cneral jnihlie hy np'citing the natural cn- <br />virciiiinenl and the natural relationship is <br />not a reasfituhle nse of that land which is <br />protected fniiii i»olice power rt ^^iilation. <br />l liannc'^ and filling to some e.stciil arc per- <br />mitlefl hecansc the extent i>f such ehatiKcs <br />and fillings doe^' not cause harm. \\c real ­ <br />ize no ciiM* in \\ iM*tinsin lias \el dealt wnth <br />shoielaiul MnrnlalHms and there arc scvcial <br />cases in other stales whieli stem to hold <br />Midi re^nlalnms nneonslilnlional ; hut <br />notiiin^ this eonrl has sai»l or lield in prior <br />eases imlieale that <h-vt roving the t»alural <br />eharaeler of a swamp or a wftland so as <br />to make th.il location avaikiMe f«jr huiiian <br />hahilation is a reasonaUe nse of that land <br />w hen the la w iivv\ although tif a more <br />t*i*onomieal \ahie to tin* owner, causes u <br />harm to the c'tu t'al pnhlie. <br />(14.151 WiM'onsin has lonu' hehl that <br />laws aial r«*;4nl.iiions to prevent pollulioti <br />an«l to proieet the waters of this stale from <br />dee**ulathiii are valid poliee-power enact ­ <br />ments. Slate f \ rel. .Martin v. Juneau <br />iTMl). Wis. ;t)l, .^uo NWV. IS7; Slate <br />e\ I’d. I.al iillelle v. Kenler (1*^0/ ), Wis. <br />Jd .VM. 1 17 N.W..M : Kenter v. hepart- <br />meiit of \aiiiral Rc'^onrees { 4.^ Wis. <br />Jil J7J. .\A\ ..M 'riie active puhhc <br />triiM diiiv of the state of Wisconsin m rc- <br />-peel t<» ii.ivij^.ilile vviilers re«pure- the <br />-t.ile not Hilly lx piomnte ii.ivi^.'itiou hut <br />iil-ii to^.rxlei t ;iuil pn-erve tlm-c \v;iters <br />ixr fi-hiiij;, leere.'iiixii, .iu«l -ceiiu: heiiufy. <br />.Miiemh v. I'ulilie Service ( omm. ( <br />J(.I \Vi-. 4 ’»i, N.W.J.l .M l, .^.=; .\.\V.2d <br />ii^: <br />4 <br />i • <br />A <br />1:1; <br />t-y- <br />•ii>. r« m.i' *h ihc u“\ <br />i|Uirin^ <br />iirdiu.u <br />ti‘»rn. <br />mm.