A first-of-its-kind easement has been signed in Norfolk, and the agreement aims to host healthy wetlands on a plot of land in Highland Park as sea levels rise in the city. The Elizabeth River Project announced this week — in partnership with local nonprofits Wetlands Watch and the Coastal Virginia Conservancy — that the rolling […]
South Carolina’s landscape is pockmarked with wetlands that have historically gotten in the way of developers seeking to build shopping malls, hotels and housing communities. Now, because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year, it is becoming easier for developers to fill and pave wetlands across the country. The ruling, according to some estimates, […]
For environmental advocates, it’s deja vu: Another wetland, another development, another loss. This time, the target is in Franklin Township along I-65 on Indianapolis’ southside. A warehouse development just off the highway would directly impact almost 30 acres of wetlands, including some of the rarest and highest-quality wetlands in Indiana. They will be destroyed. Much […]