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

In truth, the wetlands of the United States, and the world at large, are some of the most beautiful, fascinating, and important ecosystems there are.

In the United States, wetlands account for less than 6 percent of the surface area of the lower 48 states, approximately half of what existed at the time of the American Revolution.

404/Wetlands Enforcement: United States Department of Justice and Wayne County, New York Agricultural Operation Enter into Consent Decree Walter Wright Jr.

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The United States, the Supreme Court sought to determine how “adjacent” to navigable waters a wetland must be to qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act.

William Coleman’s California-based ecological consulting firm Eco-Asset Solutions and Innovations does much of its business in states that have active wetlands mitigation banking programs.

Adjacent to Waters of the United States; and, That the wetland shares a continuous surface connection with that Water making it difficult to determine where the Water ends and the wetland begins.

A U.S. EPA report stated that 55% of U.S. rivers are in bad condition. View this beautiful interactive map for inspiration to protect these waterways.

That’s two-thirds of the wetlands remaining in the continental United States after agriculture, development and climate change have cut their footprint in half since the 1780s.