DANBURY TOWNSHIP – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife initiated a project to restore wetland vegetation across 300 acres of Middle Harbor in East Harbor State Park. The project began in April with a completion date of later this year. The Middle Harbor wetland restoration project includes dredging a channel from […]
Maryland legislators have passed the Whole Watershed Act to establish pilot programs to implement watershed conservation measures across the state, especially on the Eastern Shore. The Whole Watershed Act, or Senate Bill 969 and House Bill 1165, will use existing state funds to create a five-year pilot program targeting five Maryland watersheds that best represent […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – There is growing concerns over the fate of Rio Bosque Wetlands if the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) expansion study moves forward. TxDOT said the Border Highway East (BHE) Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study looks to reduce traffic in the community by connecting Loop 375 to the Tornillo point […]
Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surge, stop seawater from contaminating drinking water supplies, and create habitat for birds, fish and threatened species. Much of that may be gone in a matter of decades. […]
Skeletal human remains found in a Utah bird refuge have now been identified as those of a man who hadn’t been seen for nearly a year, Utah sheriff’s officials reported. Dental records were used to identify Elijah Peck, 42, of Garland, Utah, the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 5 news release. […]
When North Carollna lawmakers passed a provision in last year’s Farm Act that prevented development only in wetlands protected by the federal government, they couldn’t answer a key question: How many acres of wetlands here would lose protection? A new Environmental Defense Fund analysis uses a U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s National Wetlands Inventory and flooding […]
Skeletal remains found in wetlands at a bird refuge have been identified as human, Utah sheriff’s officials reported. The remains were found in a remote area of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge near Willard Bay at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 30, the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Deputies and […]
A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands — 95% of which are freshwater — covered less than 6% of the lower 48 states as of 2019. That is half the area they covered two centuries ago. The report also identifies that loss rates have increased by 50% since 2009 […]
Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order laying out an aggressive plan to conserve, restore and grow the state’s natural resources, including forests, wetlands and urban treescapes. “As our state continues to grow, we must be mindful to conserve and protect our natural resources and this historic executive order sets clear goals and puts […]
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LAKELAND — Lakeland commissioners have approved a contract that will nearly double the completed recreational trails available at Se7en Wetlands and improve public access. City commissioners approved an construction contract of more than $455,000 with Lakeland-based Rodda Construction Inc. on Monday to carry out the third phase of trails planned for its Se7en Wetlands, 500 […]
Jan. 20—Before the arrival of the 21st century, Loyalhanna Creek ran orange through Latrobe. That was before a system of wetlands was developed next to the Saint Vincent College campus to treat water draining from abandoned mines and remove some of the iron pollutants that discolored the creek downstream. The wetlands have been soaking up […]