I am of the same sentiment of Mr. Harvey Belot, inherently against government regulation. I have to believe that the small farmers and large corporate farmers do care for the lands they till on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. How can we help them to protect our waters?

I would like for there to be grant monies for our farmers to incorporate buffers and ponds on their land to contain runoff of silt and chemicals. The runoff from the plasticulture farms is visually apparent  after and during a heavy rain storm. There are neighboring farms here, where during a heavy rain storm, you can see the successful farming methods of containment of runoff through the use of a vegetative buffers. Right across the road, on a plasticulture farm, heavy runoff into ditches and streams of orange colored soils.

Please help us to help ourselves to protect our surrounding waters, and the farming and aquaculture industry which helps our area survive economically.