Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. Although it is the third-largest national park in the contiguous U.S., only 20% of the ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed a 10-year effort to provide much more accurate maps of Minnesota’s wetlands. The update of the state’s National Wetlands Inventory used new ...

KENT ISLAND, Md. — Megan Lang, chief scientist at the National Wetlands Inventory, leads a team tracking wetlands changes across the country. Staring down a 2022 congressional deadline, Lang’s team ...

Few areas in the nation have lost more wetlands than the state of New Jersey. The major causes are a growing population, expanding development and, until recently, a lack of effective resource ...