The legislature has changed the state’s legal definition of wetlands, leaving doubt over whether permits will be needed to ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.

Scientists with Texas A&M AgriLife Research are leading a NASA-backed effort to develop a predictive tool to transform wetland conservation.

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen flooding ...

Holgerson noted that the previous maps used by the DEC were outdated, and the new regulations allow for a broader assessment of potential wetlands. "So the new wetland maps are informational and ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...

the European Wetland Map (‘EWM’) significantly enhances knowledge of wetlands across Europe by locating, assessing and merging the latest geospatial data. It combines various geographic ...

In the past, if a landowner wanted to build on property adjacent to a wetland, they’d consult official state maps showing the location of regulated wetlands in their area. Then they’d apply to ...

But like many forested wetlands in the Pacific Northwest, this area doesn’t appear on any state maps. One of Anthony Stewart’s study sites in the Hoh Rainforest. The layers, formed over time ...