Wetlands are areas characterized by saturated or nearly saturated soils most of the year. Wetlands serve a number of important environmental functions. Location, soil type, surface and ground water ...

But Boyd, who would help create the new wetlands if the SLT project moves forward, said other factors are more important in defining a functional wetlands. “To a wetland scientist the definition ...

“One option is to build functional wetlands there to benefit the public that would store and hold water in high water events.” Current rules are, in the 80-percent counties, “killing ...

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for certain types of wetlands across the state to ...

Furthermore, functional genes associated with sulfur ... harness the potential of the 'Four Ponds and Two Dams' constructed wetland system." More information: Chuanxin Chao et al, The Performance ...

When evaluating the economic value of these various functions, Costanza et al. (1997) concluded that the economic value provided by wetland ecosystems exceeded that provided by lakes, streams ...

Our wetlands perform many essential functions that many of us overlook. Wetlands provide safety benefits with an efficiency and resiliency often greater than many human-made infrastructure ...

Healthy wetlands – from rivers to salt marshes, lakes to coastal tidal flats – are critical habitats for migratory birds. However, 45% of Asia’s wetlands have been lost since 1900, driving the decline ...

Ecology’s buffer recommendations are based on a moderate-risk approach to protecting wetland functions. This means that by adopting Ecology’s recommendations, there is still a moderate risk that ...