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15 May 2026

• Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds
  Along Earth’s coastlines, grassy wetlands flooded by seawater, called salt marshes, trap and store carbon at rates roughly 40 times higher than forests on land. As salt marshes have expanded in some...
• 5 snake-filled waters in Queensland surrounded by rainforest and wetlands
  Queensland’s waterways pass through rainforests, floodplains, mangrove systems and heavily populated coastal regions, creating habitats where snakes remain active throughout much of the year. Warm...
• The West’s wetlands are struggling. Some have been overlooked altogether.
  On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, making his way through a tangle of ferns and grasses. Wispy, lichen-coated branches hung overhead,...
• Unexpected culprit: Wetlands as source of methane
  Wetlands are an important part of the Earth's natural water management system. The complex system of plants, soil, and aquatic life serves as a reservoir that captures and cleans water. However, as...
• Constitutional Question: CLPOA Appeals Wetlands Act Court Decision
  Chautauqua Lake property owners won a battle over the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, but the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association wants to win the war. The CLPOA- along with the town of...