What To Do With Wetlands on Your Property

This is Huntin’ Land, the podcast for landowners and land hunters. If you like to stay up to date on hunting tactics, land management, land values, and land market dynamics, this is the podcast for you. On this episode, we talk with Craig Martin who is a Senior Scientist at Wetland Sciences and Angelo DePaola of The Coastal Connection EXP Realty in Orange Beach, Al. Both Craig and Angelo have extensive experience dealing with wetland and join us to discuss a wide array of topics. Topics like, what is a wetland, how do they form and why are they important, what to do with wetlands on your property, how to find out if land is wetlands, can I build a house or pond in or on wetlands, how close can you build to wetlands, the benefits of owning wetlands, pros and cons, Florida wetlands regulations, selling wetlands, cutting trees in wetlands and more. It’s a jam packed episode.

As a landowner, it is important to know what your land is worth. You may find yourself asking the questions like,  “how much is my land worth today,” “how much is my land worth per acre,” “how much is timberland worth,” “what is my farmland worth,” “how much is agricultural land worth,” and other such questions. Many factors go in to determining the value of land and seeking out the wisdom of experts is a great place to find the answers to your questions. Each week, on the Huntin’ Land Podcast, we will bring in various experts to help provide answers to the important questions landowners have. This week’s Farmland Value Update segment we talk with Ben Maddox and is brought to you by: Alabama Ag Credit.

Topics Discussed Regarding What To Do With Wetlands on Your Property

What is a wetland?

How do wetlands form?

Why are wetlands important? What do wetlands do?

• How do wetlands reduce flooding and erosion?

• How do wetlands improve water quality?

How to find out if land is wetlands

• What is wetland delineation

Benefits of owning wetlands

What can you do with wetland property with and without a permit?

• • Cutting trees in wetlands

  • Silvicultural exception Harvesting timber vs cutting trees

  • Building on wetlands

• Can you build on wetlands

• Can I build a house on wetlands

• How close can you build to wetlands

• Can you build a pond in wetlands

• Florida Wetlands regulations

Should I Buy a Property with Wetlands

• Pros and cons of wetlands

• WRP program

What To Do With Wetlands on Your Property: Selling

• effect on marketing and advertising

• effect on land value

This week’s show has been brought to you by Joe Baya and Clint Flowers, members of the top producing team at National Land Realty, the fastest growing and most innovative land brokerage in the nation. With hunting season right around the corner and interest rates at historic lows, now is a great time to be buying or selling land. If you want to learn more, shoot us an email at pros@landhuntin.com or call us at 855-NLR-LAND.

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Tune in each week as we bring in various experts to help provide answers to important land owner questions like, “how much is my land worth today,” “how much is my land worth per acre,” “how much is timberland worth,” “what is my farmland worth,” “how much is agricultural land worth,” and other such questions. Many factors go in to determining the value of land and seeking out the wisdom of experts is a great place to find the answers to your questions.

Joe Baya

Joe Baya is a USCG licensed captain and avid hunter. He is the Publisher and Editor-in Chief for Great Days Outdoors and co-hosts the Northwest Florida Fishing Report as well as the Huntin' Land Podcast. Additionally, he is a Land Sales Professional licensed in Florida and Alabama. He has spent over 900 days on saltwater in his life, and in that time he has learned that his wife can out fish him any day of the week.