ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20116
No(s). S14G1780 (Ga. Sup. Ct. Jun 15, 2015)

Georgia's highest court held that the state's 25-foot buffer zone for development projects along state waters does not apply to wetlands. The applicable statute does not require a buffer for state waters alongside banks without "wrested vegetation." The language at issue states, in pertinent part: "...