New research suggests that the loss of wetlands since 1985 has cost more than $10 billion in residential flood insurance ...
Streams and rivers change shape over time as they wind through a landscape. It’s common for big outer loops to get cut off from the main channel, leaving behind u-shaped oxbow lakes and wetlands. When ...
Moss-covered vine maples in the Hoh River Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington. Credit: Floris van Breugel/NPL/Minden Pictures On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest ...
Wetlands and ephemeral streams provide a wide variety of benefits to people and wildlife, from flood protection for local communities, to preventing pollutants from entering the water supply, to ...
Migratory birds often become most visible in the places people love to watch them. A wetland full of waders, ducks, geese, or soaring flocks can feel like a complete wildlife story in itself. But for ...
Gov. Matt Meyer's signature would establish a new wetlands program and permitting process in Delaware, the only Mid-Atlantic ...
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, ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a controversial bill into law this week that critics argue will lead to the loss of more wetlands across Indiana by reducing the number of wetlands that ...