A few photos of a thawing out vernal pool in Huntington State Park, Connecticut on a blustery, early April Day. In comparison to last year, it's taking quite a bit longer to thaw out, and plants are just beginning to emerge - weeks later in comparison to last year.
Wetlands in the News
28 April 2024
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One goal of the $500K wetlands project is to curb the flooding of the Killbuck Creek
Benefits of H2Ohio project include harnessing the power of the regular flooding of the Killbuck Creek into feeding the wetlands.
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Louisiana federal refuges, state wildlife areas get $3.9 million to restore wetlands, forests
Nature-based improvements to forests and wetlands in seven national wildlife refuge complexes and five state wildlife management areas in Louisiana will be funded with more than $3.9 million of federa...
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Volunteers needed for Great Gwinnett Wetlands event
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources are requesting volunteers for the 10th Annual Great Gwinnett Wetlands event on May 4.
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Streams that supply drinking water in danger following 2023 Supreme Court decision that stripped wetlands protections: Report
A Supreme Court decision that stripped protections from America's wetlands will have reverberating impacts on rivers that supply drinking water all over the U.S.
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How restoration of wetlands, streams can improve water quality, biodiversity in Nigeria —US-based scientist
In this interview with IFEDAYO OGUNYEMI, Samuel Babatunde, an environmental scientist and researcher at the Western Illinois University, United States of America, speaks on challenges facing...