Scientists have created new maps of Chesapeake Bay forested wetlands that are about 30 percent more accurate than existing maps. Wetlands are critical to the health of bodies of water like the ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed a 10-year effort to provide much more accurate maps of Minnesota’s wetlands. The update of the state’s National Wetlands Inventory used new ...

Maui County’s Department of Planning is creating a public tool that will help reduce flood risk while protecting and restoring important natural wetland ecosystems. As part of a new county law, ...

Fees for building project applications that require changes to town wetland maps will decrease considerably following approval Tuesday night by the Representative Town Meeting. Amendments to town ...

The first comprehensive new map for the Mendenhall wetlands area since 1979 is nearing completion and the cartographer for the project — who started drawing local maps around that time — says things ...