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 ...

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

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 ...

The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.

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 ...

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

More than 500 locals have introduced rare plants to wetland and freshwater habitats after caring for them at home. The Oxfordshire volunteers took part in Freshwater Habitats Trust's 2023 GroWet ...

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 ...