For Tom and Norma Dorsch, life on Wheeling Island means looking out the back door to see the downtown lights shimmering on the Ohio River, and knowing a relaxing evening on the water is just a short walk across the backyard.

They wouldn't have it any other way, even if the river does occasionally rise from its banks, creeping into their basement and backing up their drains.

But if some in the federal government have anything to say about it, the way of life that the Dorsches and others on the Island enjoy soon could become much more expensive and even impossible to maintain.

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