Throughout the tour, the students pointed out species and characteristics in the environment that make wetlands so special. Maggie Fogle talks about jewelweed at the North Creek Wetlands on ...

What defines a New York wetland as being of “unusual importance”? To be defined as being a wetland of unusual importance, it must meet at least one of 11 characteristics: ...

Federal appellate judges seemed doubtful Thursday that a wetland on St. Simons Island is protected by the Clean Water Act under a test recently created by the U.S. Supreme Court. During a hearing ...

Florida makes surprise move. Manatee County’s wetland buffer rules had been part of the county’s Comprehensive Plan since 1989. They were designed to shield environmentally sensitive areas ...

A longtime provision of federal law called Swampbuster, which has protected millions of acres of wetland from being farmed, is facing a legal challenge. By Mitch Smith Reporting from Delaware ...