Reis Thebault spent months reporting on the ambitious plan to restore Lahaina’s historic wetlands, interviewing dozens of people, reading hundreds of pages of records and scouring archives.

But Lahaina was not always that way. The fire had disrupted the pumping operations that once turned the town into a tinderbox, and now its historic wetlands were showing signs of returning all on ...

Moku‘ula, the royal compound where Native Hawaiian nobility resided for centuries, is buried beneath the burned remnants of a ...

But given the history of wetland regulation, certainty could still be an elusive target. After all, the Biden administration defended its amended “Waters of the U.S.” rule as being ...

That approval paved the way to restore the historic tidal connection to a greater portion of the wetlands — and reinvigorate the once-thriving ecosystem there. Third District Councilmember ...

“These historic wetlands regulatory reforms will make New York’s communities more resilient to the catastrophic floods, droughts, and ecological disruption brought on by the climate crisis.

He's especially concerned about possible health effects from contaminated runoff since the area has a large amount of manure and has historical wetlands near the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.