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19 April 2024

• Iowa company's lawsuit challenges federal ‘swampbuster law’ that protects wetlands
  CTM Holdings is challenging a 1985 federal law that cuts off USDA benefits for property owners who develop or cultivate designated wetlands...
• Field-margin wetlands alone can't fix the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, say researchers
  Each summer, a hypoxic dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, making some marine habitats unlivable. The dead zone is caused by nutrients—primarily from agricultural fertilizers—flowing into the Gulf...
• Winter Haven approves $3.7M contract to transform reclaimed wetlands into Lake Conine park
  The park will have a mile-long trail around its perimeter with smaller trails inside, picnic tables, a playground, an osprey tower and a bat house.
• Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go
  Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surge, stop seawater from...
• Wetlands issue is way bigger than lakes
  Let’s pick up where we left off six weeks ago. You, faithful reader of this column, already understand some effects of the state’s designating parts of Chautauqua Lake as wetlands. For one, any...