Just found this article

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Originally Posted by Gerenemo

I'd be willing to bet if these private land owners would be responsible for footing the bill for marsh restoration instead of getting federal funding to do so, they would be more than happy to let sportsman fish "their" marsh. After all it is our tax dollars that revert back here for costal restoration. Just my 2c...

I've mentioned this also in the past. It seemed reasonable until someone mentioned to me that a majority (I'm sure over 75%) of the coast is privately owned. If only the public lands were restored this would leave way to much of the coast even more venerable.