As federal jurisdiction over wetlands shrinks, Alaska must decide whether it has the will and resources to safeguard millions ...

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For years, farmers and ranchers have worked their land with a close eye on the weather, volatile markets, farm policy and the ...

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Republicans praised the Trump administration’s draft rewrite of a key Clean Water Act regulation, calling it a win for farmers, businesses, homebuilders and landowners who would see reduced permitting ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Trump administration proposed changing the definition of wetlands Monday to limit which bodies of water are protected from pollution under the Clean Water Act. The administration's ...

The Trump administration's EPA is moving to restrict federal definitions of protected waterways, eliminating protections for seasonal and temporary water systems like wetlands, streams, and ditches, ...

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted May 15th comments to the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( collectively, “EPA”) ...

It might seem peculiar that the definition of "waters of the United States" depends not on science or even custom but on ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage and ...

The Trump administration Monday unveiled a long-awaited draft rule that could leave many wetlands unprotected by the law. The Trump administration announced a sweeping proposal Monday that could ...

On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army published their proposed rule to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) ...