For the last 45 years, the EPA has required discharge permits in wetlands “adjacent” to water bodies, even if a dune, levee or other barrier separated the two. The Sackett decision upends that ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not intend to export tidal wetlands credits out of the Hampton Roads area. Our primary intent is to ensure that any proposed mitigation bank fully complies ...

The Oregon Court of Appeals has agreed with state regulators that a Linn County farming operation unlawfully cleared and graded wetlands to plant hazelnut trees. Most Popular 1 Washington teen […] ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

The Freshwater Wetlands Act gave the DEC the authority to make jurisdictional determinations for land where a number of wetlands characteristics may be present, which CLP officials say creates a ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — An environmental disruption mitigation credit program has provided benefits to developers and surrounding communities in Hampton Roads for the last 20 years. "The program offsets ...