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Do I need to consult a real-estate lawyer, the EPA or the county attorney?

I neighbor just dug a drainage ditch through my woods and used some old brick and firewood to build a dike alongside the ditch. He did this without asking me, and now rainwater will wash my gravel driveway out. I documented this incursion with a camera before it every got wet the first time. He also cut through roots with an axe.

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I would reccomend contacting a real estate attorney and the particular agency/department responsible for overseeing the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. Your state may have also adopted its own version of NREPA. Based on the limited facts presented, at a bare minimum a tresspass has occured. Some states provide for treble (three times) damages for tresspass. Your state agency/department may bring a restoration or other enforcement action if the dredging occured within, or in close proximity, to a regulated natural feature (i.e. lake, stream, wetlands, etc.). Knowledgable counsel should be able to inform you about your available avenues of redress.
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