Tagged Stories: "wetlands"

New rule protects seasonal streams and wetlands, preserves all existing exemptions

Virginia DCR aims to open thousands of acres of land to the public.

A new analysis shows restoring wildlife habitat can stimulate local economies.

The new rule would protect streams and wetlands and preserve existing agricultural exemptions.

Research from Puget Sound confirms coastal wetlands can sequester carbon from the atmosphere.

Development and other human activities are placing pressure on this critical habitat.

More than 3,700 acres of wetlands were restored last year, an acreage equivalent to 2,855 football fields.

Biologists collect discarded Christmas trees to build bird nesting habitat on a restored island in the Chesapeake Bay.

View photos from Fisherman Island, a tiny wildlife refuge at the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has purchased 825 acres of land to expand Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.