About 15 years ago, we had the opportunity to visit Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. Although the swamp was mostly stripped of its signature cypress trees over 100 years ago, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compared with the steep bluffs of the Driftless region or the north woods' towering pines, you may not think of wetlands as ...

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While some folks might view them as messy, bug-infested places to avoid, swamps, marshes and other types of wetlands provide numerous benefits to people, flora and fauna. Wetlands are areas where ...

In a parched environment, like much of the American West, how can we value water beyond its immediate utility to human society? Community members are set to gather to discuss that topic for the last ...

Combined with other recent map updates, approximately 80% of Vermont’s wetland maps will soon be current, leaving only 20% outdated. The updates are required by the Flood Safety Act, Act 121, passed ...

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One of the last remaining marshes ...

Wetlands are places where land and water meet. They provide wildlife habitat, improve water quality, store carbon and slow water down during floods. Wisconsin has about 6 million acres of wetlands, ...

Compared with the steep bluffs of the Driftless region or the north woods' towering pines, you may not think of wetlands as Wisconsin's most spectacular landscape. But these transitional places where ...