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20 October 2026

• Study: Wetlands flora needs support to bounce back after restoration
  Restoring natural water levels alone may not be enough to rehabilitate severely degraded wetlands, according to a new study. Restoration efforts must also actively encourage vegetation recovery,...
• How Wetlands Protection Narrowed After Sackett
  Wetlands Protection under the Clean Water Act narrowed after Sackett, leaving conservation, flood-control and permitting questions unresolved.
• Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700—but most could still be saved
  Like so many of the planet's natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been...
• Hot, Fresh & Flooded: These Wetlands Spew Out the Most Methane
  Your local wetland could send hundreds of tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere every year. Or virtually none. Kristen Goodhue Your local wetland could be sending over 500 metric tons of...
• 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...