If he fails to comply, he will be fined another $75,000. Contractor faces hefty fines for illegal development on protected ...

Another newly-accredited ‘wetland city’ is Balagna in the Philippines, which is home to Balagna Wetland and Nature Park, a ...

With an Alabama-based company seeking permits to open a titanium mine, Georgia legislators are looking for ways to protect ...

Starting Jan. 1, rules went into effect that significantly expand New York state’s jurisdiction over freshwater wetlands with the aim of protecting a million additional acres of wetland habitats.

Rivers, marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains are among the types of wetlands around the world. Most large wetland areas often include a ...

A year ago, one of the first local concerns raised about the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act was a decrease in property tax assessments around Chautauqua Lake. Additional concerns have arisen since ...

Obeying an under-the-radar executive order, the Army Corps of Engineers has expedited every permit asking for destruction of wetlands throughout the United States, including a strip that runs unbroken ...

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.

State Sen. George Borrello only got 10 minutes to question the state’s agriculture and environmental conservation commissioners. The impact of the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act on Chautauqua County ...