The word inundated doesesn't make a lot of sense... envelop would maybe be better.

And the sentence above that has too many but's in it.

water recreation area, but while we can always transform wilderness into such artificial playgrounds, we can not recreate wilderness.

The top paragraph.... the way you mention the dairy and coal industry might be a little strong... the bottom paragraph description is a bit more accurate, they are big but not total users.