Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...

The freshwater category covers lakes, rivers, ponds, creeks, streams, and some swamps, marshes, and bogs. Surface water is any water that collects on land, known in the agricultural sector as blue ...

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana recently partnered with Phillips 66 to plant 10,000 plugs of marsh grasses in Cameron Parish. The nonprofit organization recruited as many as 60 members to ...

A former Bronx business owner who illegally dumped waste in sensitive Dutchess County wetlands is being forced to clean up ...

Scientists have learned that marsh plants need freshwater pulses during the wet season, from April to November, to avoid saltwater intrusion. For example, saltwater intruded about one mile inland ...

While it is “clearly not cost-effective” to recreate marsh habitat in estuaries where the tidal freshwater zone is at risk of being rapidly squeezed out, the researchers argue their study ...

Volunteers will plant thousands of grasses in the Cameron Parish project, ... The freshwater marsh sustained significant damage in Hurricanes Delta and Laura in 2020.

We apparently have some new residents on the island, as several freshwater crayfish were found in the Devonshire Marsh area. In a recent edition of the Envirotalk newsletter, Dr Mark Outerbridge ...

Freshwater wetlands play a crucial role in biodiversity, providing habitats to numerous animal and plant species. They also help in improving water quality, mitigating flooding and storing carbon ...

Horicon Marsh. Horicon Marsh, which lies largely in Dodge County, is one of the largest freshwater marshes in the U.S. It's also a wetland conservation success story.

While freshwater marshes are slowly giving way to their salinized counterparts, ... Airborne microplastics infiltrate plant leaves, raising environmental concerns. Apr 15, 2025.