Wetlands in the News
08 March 2025
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Merck seeks to trade wetlands for potential to add parking or building
What we want to do is remove about 0.35 acres of current site wetlands, in exchange for wetlands that are already in place, within the Schuylkill River service area. And this is an accepted...
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“It’s all coming downstream” - SB 89 would cut headwaters and wetlands from pollution protections
The Kentucky Resources Council, Sierra Club Kentucky, and Kentucky Waterways Alliance held a riverside press conference in Frankfort Tuesday in opposition to Senate Bill 89, which is scheduled to be...
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Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. They also contribute to emissions when lost.
Louisiana’s wetlands are one of the planet’s most vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that intensify global warming, according to experts.
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: River otters are thriving in rivers, streams and wetlands across Kentucky
If you are planning on fishing or boating on Kentucky waterways this spring as temperatures warm up, you are likely to encounter a River Otter at dawn or dusk. A fast, acrobatic swimmer, the River...
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Fewer swans migrating to UK wetlands, says charity
Warmer temperatures due to climate change mean fewer wild swans are returning to the UK in winter, a charity says. Staff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) near Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, say...
