DEC’s broad definition of a wetland—commonly called marshes, swamps, sloughs, or bogs—is land that supports aquatic or semi-aquatic vegetation. Protecting freshwater wetlands is essential ...

Legislation to exempt inland lakes from the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act has been reintroduced in the state Senate. Sen.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled at least two upcoming webinars to explain the state’s new freshwater wetlands regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The DEC previously ...

The southeast United States is a place of unparalleled aquatic biodiversity ... Unfortunately, the Southeast's staggering variety of freshwater life forms and their habitat also make up one of the ...

"It has the potential to spread into freshwater ecosystems ... During the day, the fish hide in thick aquatic vegetation or in small burrows and crevices Most swamp eels in Florida are olive ...