Two wetland related articles in the NY Times this week, one about the reversal of fortunes of the snowy egret, the ferocious yet elegant predator that was on the verge of extinction, and was the call to action for passing the Migratory Bird Act in 1916.
The second article details current research on the carbon sequestration abilities of boreal bogs and how climate change, increasing temperatures and wildfires are releasing the carbon from the sodden sphagnum mosses in some of these bogs.
As Peat Bogs Burn, a Climate Threat Rises
Snowy Egrets, Once Fashion Victims, Always Elegant Predators
Bogs and Birds
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Wetlands in the News
23 April 2024
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Commentary: Millions of acres of Florida wetlands could lose federal protection
Almost a year after the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA, which found that the Clean Water Act applied only to wetlands connected to federal waters, writers with the Environmental...
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Illinois wetlands deserve protection. Lawmakers should make that happen, while there is still time.
State lawmakers can pass legislation that would restore the safeguards the U.S. Supreme Court removed last year on wetlands, which play a key role in helping to mitigate the impact of climate change...
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The City Tried to Step In And Tell Them What To Do On Their Urban Farm. They Responded By Creating A Wetlands Area.
The City Tried to Step In And Tell Them What To Do On Their Urban Farm. They Responded By Creating A Wetlands Area. This story is oh-so-satisfying! And we think you’re gonna get a really big kick out...
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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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Opinion | Guest column: Restoring protections to wetlands, waterways is vital to the livelihood of Grand County
In one of the biggest rollbacks of the Clean Water Act since its inception five decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court last year abolished protections for tens of thousands of acres of wetlands in...