Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still defined by this vast wetland. Just how, exactly, do they help protect us from ...

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One ...

A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday that threatened millions of acres of wetlands, ecosystems that mitigate flooding, reduce water pollution and support biodiversity. While the ...

A federal judge in Iowa ruled against a landholding company that sought to dismantle a long-standing wetlands law called swampbuster.

A federal program conditions aid on wetland protections. A judge dismissed an Iowan's suit claiming that's an unlawful taking of his land.

How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way.

The 2025 Florida legislative session, like in the 2024 session, closed with new legislation (SB 492 and HB 1175) concerning wetland mitigation banking, which passed both houses in the final week ...

A group of neighbors is trying to stop a developer from building a concrete crushing facility on a wetland site that’s literally in their backyards.

Sandy dedicated a new wetland park area on Thursday, relocating the habitat away from the city's urban core to preserve waterfowl and other wildlife.

ALBANY — The Business Council of New York State and a consortium of building industry stakeholders filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new freshwater wetland regulations that took effect in ...

Holgerson noted that the previous maps used by the DEC were outdated, and the new regulations allow for a broader assessment of potential wetlands.