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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kolker also worries the pumps could impair other wetland functions, like their ability to store carbon from the atmosphere ...

Warming temperatures may cause methane emissions from wetlands to rise — by helping methane-producing bacteria thrive. Higher temperatures favor the activity of wetland soil microbes that ...

But a new panel of the appellate court appeared wary of siding with the plaintiffs again, this time in a challenge to the lower court's finding that the land at issue no longer qualifies as a wetland ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A West Tennessee lawmaker would roll back protections of wetlands in the state, allowing for more development in areas prone to being water-logged. Memphis Sen.

Several Iowa farmers have joined the federal government to defend a long-standing Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands against a challenge by a Chicago-based investor and two libertarian law ...

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 ...