This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Tucked about a mile offshore from Lake Michigan, in northern Michigan’s Charlevoix ...
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to take away federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands in Louisiana and the rest of the country, allowing them to be polluted or developed without ...
A line of development stretches across Southwest Louisiana, where a new law looks to redefine what wetland areas need permitting for development. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator. Aerial support ...
BLUFFTON — Almost two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped federal safeguards from many of the nation’s wetlands, leaving some South Carolina bogs, ponds and swamps vulnerable to development. In ...
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) — Federal protections for many wetlands could soon disappear under a new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies ...
Wetlands at Lake Waccamaw State Park located in Columbus County, N.C. Wetlands prevent flooding, filter pollutants and support wildlife.Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons In 1972, Congress passed the ...
Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comments about floodplains/wetlands can facilitate and ...
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One of the last remaining marshes ...