Part of the difficulty arises from the diversity of wetland types that exist around the world, from salt or brackish water coastal marshes and mangroves to inland freshwater swamps, peatlands ...
Beaufort County’s wetlands are disappearing and a Supreme Court decision removed many of their protections. Environmental groups are encouraging local governments to fill the void.
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for certain types of wetlands across the state to ...
Wyoming is host to a wide variety of freshwater wetland ecosystems, including emergent marshes, wet meadows, playas, riparian forests, and fens. These wetlands exist at the interface, or ecotone, of ...
The estimated number of wetlands (Types II-V) decreased 37 percent from last year and was 10 percent below the long-term average. “It was a very unusual spring for weather, wetland conditions ...
After a U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing wetland protections, the EPA says it will revamp rules many farmers have long opposed.
including a rare forested wetland type. The EPA has objected to the project's wetlands permit, citing concerns about stormwater runoff and the effectiveness of proposed mitigation efforts.
Wetlands are areas of the land that are covered by water for most of the time. They can form naturally or be man-made. If I told you I was visiting a bog, you might be wondering why I look so ...