A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands \u2014 95% of which are freshwater \u2014 covered less than 6% of the lower 48 states as of 2019. That is half the area ...

The result is a patchwork of laws protecting the nation’s wetlands. But if more Western states were to emulate their neighbors’ efforts and take action, millions of acres of wetlands could be saved, ...

Last May, in the case of Sackett v. EPA, the carefully manufactured conservative majority on the Supreme Court pretty much blew up the federal government's ability to protect the nation's wetlands ...

“A reading of this law … could say that all of Bayou Sauvage, thousands of acres of wetlands, are now not protected,” Rota said.

The input will be used by the EPA to rewrite definitions of ‘waters of the United States’ in the Clean Water Act By Jess Savage, - WNIJ May. 21, 2025 5:16 pm, Updated: May. 22, 2025 10:23 am ...

Swampbuster protects about 78 million acres of wetlands, according to Food and Water Watch. That’s two-thirds of the wetlands remaining in the continental United States after agriculture ...