The Trump administration plans to alter the Clean Water Act’s definition of wetlands to exclude seasonal streams, ponds and pools.

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Save the Phoenix Wetlands volunteers focused on restoring and protecting vital wetlands along the Bear Creek Greenway in ...

The defendants also conducted prohibited activity in a wetland of national significance and were found to have caused harm in a culturally significant area. A commercial farming company and one of ...

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Credit: ALFAwetlands, WET HORIZONS, EU, Greifswald Moor Centrum, Public Domain In classic literature, wetlands—ecosystems characterized by permanently or periodically water-saturated land—have ...

Freske has been a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 37 years, spending the past 15 years as a project leader in the Morris Wetland Management District. The award was ...

The last time anyone in the state had officially documented the Appalachian grasshopper was in 1946, and the species was once thought to be extinct Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Field zoologist ...

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Wetlands are regions of land that are generally saturated with water. However, when rain causes water to pool on land, it does not constitute a wetland. More specifically, wetlands are areas where ...

Wildlife biologist Ben Vizzachero conducts a waterbird count at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. He lost his job at the Los Padres National Forest as part of a wave of firings ordered by the ...

A male panther tipped the scales at a whopping 166 pounds recently after biologist tracked down the big cat. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, says it's the largest ...