wetlands

1 min read 2022-01-26 23:00:45

New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value

Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping drinking water sources

2 min read 2022-01-10 17:05:36

On Nov. 18, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to withdraw President

4 min read 2022-01-07 12:00:00

In 2021, nature once again fell down the political agenda. Faced with continued pandemic-related complications, a crucial meeting of the Convention

6 min read 2021-12-07 21:52:30

Peatlands cover just 3% of the world’s land area, but store twice as much carbon as all the trees on Earth combined. The carbon held in these

1 min read 2021-11-23 23:00:24

Last week, EPA and the Army Corps proposed a new rule to define what constitutes “waters of the United States.” Déjà vu all over again. Under

1 min read 2021-11-15 13:50:00

The Everglades of Florida are not just swamp-filled alligator territory! Part of the Everglades is managed as a highly productive agricultural area.

1 min read 2021-11-13 00:34:09

By Colin Whitfield and Christopher Spence When many Canadians think of the Prairies, they envision beautiful endless landscapes of

1 min read 2021-10-18 14:30:29

LINKED PAPER Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills. Acácio, M., Mullers, R.H.E., Franco, A.M.A., Willems, F.J. & Amar, A.

6 min read 2021-10-01 14:05:13

About a year ago, the Boon Rueang Wetland Forest Conservation Group began a survey of wild animals in the 483-hectare community forest in northern

1 min read 2021-08-31 21:13:30

Yesterday, Judge Rosemary Marquez vacated the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, the misnomer also known as the Trump WOTUS rule. In response to

5 min read 2021-08-31 14:00:00

The resurgence of the greater one-horned rhino is claimed as one of Asia’s greatest conservation success stories. After hunting and habitat loss

1 min read 2021-08-27 04:39:12

Last week, in what may or may not be the last round in the ongoing efforts by Michael and Chantell Sackett to build a house on wetlands in Idaho, the

1 min read 2021-08-16 20:29:53

This blog post is part of the “Talk Like a Local” blog series, which explores the unique pronunciation of North Carolina place names. If you

1 min read 2021-08-10 09:21:16

Ensuring the health and longevity of wetland ecosystems will not only benefit the environment and help forestall the negative effects of climate

1 min read 2021-07-19 14:30:24

LINKED PAPER Lack of protected areas and future habitat loss threaten the Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus and its main food and nesting