We set out for Kamituga the next day, having loaded the back of our Land Rover with rubber boots, toilet paper, drinking water, walkie-talkies and equipment for pulling a vehicle from the mud ...

Swampbuster aimed to protect what was left by linking wetland conservation with federal farm benefits, including commodity price supports, crop insurance, disaster payments and farm loans.

The decision killed a ruling made in August that would have allowed developers to fill a 5,000-square-foot wetland on the property. It was an unlikely victory for residents in Tampa’s Riverbend ...