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The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed spending $66.4 million to rebuild wetlands along the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and in Lake Borgne and also armor part of the lake's shoreline.
The scientists crouched by a tiny stream, scrutinizing the scurrying underwater life. Mostly mosquito fish, one concluded. The nonnative fish savors mosquito eggs so much that it has become a ...
But critics caution that the efforts, as designed, cut off some historically Black and disadvantaged communities in South ...
Unfortunately, in Indiana less than 20% of the original wetland acreage remains and what’s left is under threat. “The functions and values that wetlands provide are clear and significant ...
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to beautify the wetlands in the eastern fringes of the city.
The other part is creating more natural waterways on the surface — you “rip out the plumbing,” as Hackman says, and wait for the wetland to return. The amount of work required, he explains ...
Wetlands include swamps, marshes, bogs, riverbanks, mangroves, floodplains, rice fields-and anywhere else, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that saturation with water ...
A Maine wetland was supposed to be conserved “in perpetuity,” but it seems the plan was never filed. The state DEP is ...
Mississippi Wetlands Part Three A coalition of state and federal officials wants to launch one of the biggest construction projects in history to undo some of the damage caused by channeling the ...
County Executive PJ Wendel is opposing the state DEC’s proposed amendments to the Freshwater Wetlands Act. The amendments, which include a repeal and replacement of 6 NYCRR Part 664 on wetlands ...
A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...