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26 April 2026

• Attleboro mayor urges support of expanding wetlands buffer zone
  Mayor Cathleen DeSimone urged continued support for a proposed wetlands protection zone expansion, which drew a roomful of residents to a public hearing on the matter Tuesday.
• Army Corps narrows its scope of regulated wetlands
  The agency is still regulating some wetlands, despite the suggestion otherwise from a senior administration official, the Army Corps said.
• Attleboro residents, for and against, speak out on proposed wetlands ordinance
  ATTLEBORO — City hall’s council chambers were packed with residents lining the walls Tuesday night to argue for and against a proposal to expand the city’s wetland protection buffer from...
• 35% of world's wetlands disappeared in last 50 years
  Considered the world's most threatened ecosystems, over 35% of the world's wetlands have disappeared in the last 50 years, according to the official website of World Wetlands Day. The importance of...
• Protecting Presque Isle’s wetlands – Nonprofit seeks to eliminate invasive species
  Wetlands make up more than half of the land on Presque Isle State Park, with dozens of different plant and animal species calling them home. Because those wetlands support endangered species and...