For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...

A new study provides new insights to demonstrate that multiple wetlands or 'wetland complexes' within a watershed are extremely effective at reducing harmful nitrate in rivers and streams. These ...

The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act decision restricting the federal government’s jurisdiction over “adjacent” wetlands prompted warnings that millions of acres of wetlands could be at risk, but the ...

A year after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Sackett v. The Environmental Protection Agency on May 25, 2023, its implications for the country’s wetlands remain unclear. One big reason is that ...

Intensive farming practices can result in significant amounts of contaminants, notably nitrogen, phosphorus, faecal matter and sediment, getting into our waterways. With World Wetlands Day occurring ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/29/2018) -- A study by University of Minnesota researchers provides new insights to demonstrate that multiple wetlands or 'wetland complexes' within a watershed are ...

The first step in designing or choosing a wetland assessment is to determine the management question driving the assessment, the information required to answer that question, and the time, funding, ...

Many kinds of wetland ecosystems are found within the United States (Table 2.1). These range from small, discrete sites, such as Thoreau's Bog in Massachusetts or Four Holes Swamp in South Carolina, ...

Lakes and wetlands in the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska are drying at a significant rate. The shift seems to be driven by climate change, and could endanger waterfowl habitats and hasten the ...

Landscape architect’s view The site’s name suggests that this is a wetland area, but processes of industrialisation have eradicated its marshland history and replaced it with large expanses of water, ...