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02 October 2026

• Salt Lake airport plans to sell nearly 1,000 acres of wetlands. Bird advocates worry about what could come next.
  Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Salt Lake City International Airport is...
• Machine Learning, Wetlands, and Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Engineering
  This presentation explores how machine learning can be used to model storm surge hazards at continental and global scales. Participants will learn why broadscale storm surge information is important...
• Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
  The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.
• The US planted an Australian tree to help drain Florida wetlands; by the 1990s, melaleuca had spread across nearly 500,000 acres
  Florida’s wetlands were transformed by invasive melaleuca, an Australian tree introduced for practical purposes. Its rapid spread created ecological challenges, prompting large-scale control and...
• Wetlands: What You Don’t Know And Why It Matters
  Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking...