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.

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

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

Laird has been mapping and studying Humboldt Bay for the last 20 years and has been active since 2010 in promoting a regional approach to sea level rise planning on the bay.

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.

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

Pest plant and animal control in the re-planted area ... In a 2015 study, the Kaimaumau-Motutangi Wetland was ranked as the second most important freshwater wetland in Northland, surpassed only by the ...

Freshwater wetlands include rivers ... They sup­port critical ecosystems and biodiversity, as 40pc of all plant and animal species live or breed in wetlands — including many endangered and ...

Researchers examined soil core samples taken from two constructed freshwater wetlands and ... "When you first construct a wetland, the initial plant growth is often what causes carbon to be ...

The effort was part of a larger push to preserve five wetlands strung along Chile’s central coast, a rugged, windswept land home to plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Here, as in many ...

If elected, the WA Nationals will commit $100 million towards an Esperance desalination plant to shore up water for the Goldfields. The state government says it looked into the idea but found it ...