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24 April 2024

• Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers and streams
  The White House on Tuesday announced a new goal to protect millions of miles of wetlands, rivers and streams. As the White House hosts a “water summit” it announced that it wants to set a new national...
• Biden admin vows to restore 8M acres of wetlands
  The new goal is part of a blitz of environmental actions the White House is announcing this week to coincide with Earth Day.
• Biden-Harris Admin Pledges Over $1B for Tribal Water Projects, Aims to Revitalize 8M Acres of Wetlands
  The White House announced a strategy to protect and restore U.S. freshwater, pledging over $1 billion for water projects in Tribal areas.
• Judge again rejects Fla. request for stay of wetlands permitting decision
  The state last week appealed the decision siding with environmental groups who sued federal agencies for passing responsibility off to Florida.
• 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...