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Oil and Gas Drilling Pays for 9,350-Acre Expansion of Great Sand Dunes Nat’l Park, Adding Colorado Ranch Wetlands
Colorado is blessed with one of the finest-dealt hands of public land in North America, and it's still growing.
A nearby ranch was bought by...
Judge Throws Out Trump-era Rule That Allowed Filling Streams, Marshes, and Wetlands for Development
In the face of a legal challenge mounted by six Native American Tribes, a district court judge in Arizona has thrown out a Trump-era...
Florida is Purchasing 20,000 Acres of Everglade Wetlands to Protect It From Oil Drilling
The 20,000-acre purchase in the Everglades represents the largest wetland acquisition in a decade, according to the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
U.S. Contributes to $100 Million Public-Private Partnership to Preserve Wetlands and Waterfowl
$28 million in new funding from the US will be tripled by partner grants, helping to preserve some of the most delicate park ecosystems in the U.S..
Wetlands Once Drained by Dictator Now Thrives as 3rd Most Bio-diverse Spot in World
This Unesco World Heritage site is being given new life thanks to local communities and wildlife organizations reconnecting its waterways.
Boeing Preserves Thousands of Acres of Wetlands
Boeing received federal approval on a comprehensive wetlands mitigation plan to preserve 4,000 acres of land in South Carolina, including more than 2,000 acres...
Wildlife and Wetlands Return to Former Coal Mine
Just three years ago, red and white smoke stacks loomed over the Wabamun power plant near the lake in Alberta, while across a highway...
Feds and Farmers Create Wetlands for Migrating Birds Headed for Gulf
Government officials hope to turn 150,000 acres of farmland into wetlands by Aug. 15 to be ready for migratory birds that would otherwise be...
US Restores Texas Wetlands Out of Toxic Stew
More than 2,500 acres of coastal wetlands have been restored and enhanced in Port Arthur, Texas, as a result of a cooperative agreement between...
Louisiana Breaks Levees to Recreate Wetlands and Naturally Control Flooding
Experts are calling it the biggest levee-busting operation ever in North America, the muddy Ouachita River is being returned to its ancient floodplain....
Water Reuse Helps Drought-Stricken Florida Wetlands
"South Florida is one of the wettest regions in the country, but this year it's caught in a severe drought. Now, a project uses...
Wetlands Restored After Centuries of Coastal Farming
England is again turning the clock back hundreds of years by dismantling a second sea wall to restore saltwater marshes that once was home...
Poland Halts Wetlands Road Plan
Poland has halted the planned work on a road through one of Europe's last remaining wetlands after the EU warned it would file an...
Iraq’s “Garden of Eden” Wetlands Has Finally Been Restored After Saddam’s Destruction
At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, considered by some to be the original Garden of Eden, almost half of Iraq’s fabled...
Court Orders No Drilling in Arctic Wetlands
Thirteen percent of public land, critical to caribou and other wildlife, will remain closed to drilling. A federal judge in Alaska last week ordered...
Wetlands Funding Approved by U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. The bill, which was passed by...
Wetlands Restored After 107 Years
"Environmentalists who worked for 30 years to restore a massive California wetland area, watched as the ocean flowed into historic tidal basin Thursday for...
UK Creates its Largest Wetlands for Birds and Flood-Control
The UK is breaking down a sea wall in Essex to give a wide swath of wetlands back to the birds. The government-funded project...
London Birdwatchers Awed as Avocet Hatches in City Wetlands
LONDON — With its striking black and white plumage and elegant upturned bill, the avocet is one of the most distinctive birds. It's also...
World Wetlands Day, A Cause for Celebration
February 2 is World Wetlands Day: From 1986-1997, the rate of wetlands loss in the United States has declined by 80 percent, according to...