wetland

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense.

By Lisa Sorg

As Federal Wetlands’ Protections Falter, Washington State Scientists Turn to AI as a Conservation Tool

By Chad Small

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock

By Georgina Gustin

One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News

By Katie Surma

To Save An Endangered Prairie Fish, Dried-up Iowa Wetlands Get New Life

By Anika Jane Beamer

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands

By Aidan Hughes

‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades

By Amy Green

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Earth’s Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling

By Katie Surma

Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks

By Aman Azhar

Pennsylvania Wetlands Face New Development Threat Under Trump’s Fast-Track Order

By Jon Hurdle

Trump Order Fast-Tracks Projects That Would Damage Wetlands, Environmental Groups Say

By Amy Green

A Lifeline for New York’s Threatened Wetlands

By Lauren Dalban

Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks

By Diana Kruzman

California Rice Fields Offer Threatened Migratory Waterbirds a Lifeline

By Liza Gross

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

New York’s Marshes Plagued by Sewage Runoff and Lack of Sediment

By Lauren Dalban

When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way

By Sarah Vogelsong