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f l <br /> 31] AUGUST TERM, 1972. 17 <br /> Just v. Marinette County,56 Wis.2d 7. 1 1r'. <br /> 1 <br /> the purity of the water and to such natural resources <br /> as navigation. fishing, and scenic beauty. Swamps and" <br /> wetlands were once considered wasteland, undesirable, a <br /> and not picturesnnP, But as the people became more <br /> sophisticated, an annreciation was acquired that swamps <br /> and wetlands serve a vital role in nature, are part of 4 <br /> alanrP of nature and are essential to the nuritL <br /> the water in our lakes and streams. Swamps and wet- <br /> lands are a necessary part of the ecologica crea ion an <br /> no even o the uninitiated, possess their own beauty in <br /> nature. - <br /> —7s Tie ownership of a parcel of land so absolute that <br /> man can change its nature to suit any of his purposes? <br /> The great forests of our state were stripped on the k ;' <br /> theory man's ownership was unlimited. But in forestry, <br /> the land at least was used naturally, only the natural <br /> fruit of the land (the trees) were taken. The despoilage <br /> was in the failure to look to the future and provide for <br /> the reforestation of the land. An owner of land has no , <br /> absolute and unlimited right to change the essential <br /> natural character of his land so as to use it for a pur- 1 ;; <br /> pose for which it was unsuited in its natural state and ': i° <br /> which injures the rights of others. The exercise of the r i <br /> police power in zoning must be reasonable and we think ' <br /> i • an unreasonable exercise of that Hower to pre- <br /> ve to public rights by limiting the use of private C',, <br /> proper na y o i s ura uses. <br /> is is no a case w ere an owner is prevented from ` <br /> using his land for natural and indigenous uses. The t <br /> uses consistent with the nature of the land are allowed 34 ' <br /> and other uses recognized and still others permitted by I k- <br /> special permit. The shoreland zoning ordinance prevents I _ <br /> to some extent the changing of the natural character of ,i <br /> the land within 1,000 feet of a navigable lake and 300 �, E <br /> feet of a navigable river because of such land's inter- t" � '` <br /> relation to the contiguous water. The changing of wet- <br /> 4 <br /> � 4 <br /> 6 . <br /> c <br /> A...- t4, <br /> x 4 <br /> y � L !1 h 1 F t f <br /> i• ',..� 1 ,, f:' >'9 ik fifb %k ', .?t Y .r a �'h,fz, 8d,�c.y,m .'' ;. .�.. kt-114,150 <br />