I beg to differ with you Beezer. If mr Reiner was so upfront about his intentions why did one of the non-profit restoration groups back out halfway thru the project? I will reread the newspaper articles but if memory serves me the herald reported that Mr Reiner was looking to recoup his cost plus a hole bunch more. It became apparent that he figured if he did this work then it would be easier to get his county permit and his hpa from wdfw. When that tack didn't work he tried to lambaste the county and wdfw for allowing the river to take his property in the press. See now that Haskell Slough has been re-opened to flow the river is starting to change course back to its original channel-Haskell Slough! Thats what rivers do. It is happening on both the north & south fork stilly. The county and state are not against repairing these banks and protecting property but it has to be done right. And your statement that this will be a hinderance to other property owners from getting involved doen't hold water. I have worked on several restoration sites where owners have willingly gave up the buffer space. It may only be 10-15' on each side but they gave non the less with little or no money out of their pockets and sure as h**l no compensation or expectation of recouping expenses or to mine gravel from a river! Flooding is the risk you take when you live in a flood plain and try to tame mother nature. Obviously nobody learned from the 1994 mississippi flooding.