Elise is an environmental reporter and Report for America corps member at the Louisiana Illuminator, focusing her coverage on ...

Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...

A former Bronx business owner who illegally dumped waste in sensitive Dutchess County wetlands is being forced to clean up ...

But freshwater wetlands protect us and our communities. They are carbon sinks, taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. They soak up runoff from heavy rains and snow melts, ...

A wetland is a stew of botanical life and can absorb and release heat from the sun. Try taking a whirl through these four ...

The newly adopted regulations amend the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, which was originally passed in 1975 and began having amendments in 2022. The update defines new key terms, revises the ...

According to the National Wetland’s Inventory, there are about 34,440 acres of freshwater wetlands in the county. These wetlands add up to about 14 percent of the county’s total area.

The site is located 1 mile south of Oslo Road on U.S. 1. It contains freshwater wetlands, pine flatwoods, tropical oak-palm hammocks, salt marshes, mangrove forests and seagrass beds. It was ...

California officials sent water flowing to create new wetlands along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea. The project is intended to control dust and provide habitat for birds.

Pool project for South Jersey family halted by state authorities after wetlands discovered 05:32. They envisioned paradise in their New Jersey backyard but ended up with a nightmare.

Cliffs, Inc.’s Tilden Mine recently had a permit approved to permanently fill regulated wetland and stream with rock ...