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25 July 2026

• Wetlands: What You Don’t Know And Why It Matters
  Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking...
• Petition for preservation of Lake Elsinore's wetlands draws support, response from mayor
  Residents want to see the wetlands turned into a "protected regional nature park."...
• Will new federal rules threaten the wetlands that provide Charleston's drinking water? It's complicated.
  The Bushy Park Reservoir and the Edisto River provide drinking water to nearly half a million Lowcountry residents. Water pulled from those bodies is cleaned at a treatment plant in Hanahan before...
• A new era dawns for America’s disappearing wetlands as feds retreat from oversight
  CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — On a sunny spring day on a farm outside St. Louis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin celebrated a new era for America’s wetlands. Flanked by farm...
• The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands
  The EPA dialed back pollution protections for inland waterways including streams and wetlands in alignment with a Supreme Court decision. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Ariel Wittenberg of E and E News.