Early in the 19th century, landowners began using open ditches and tiles to drain large areas of wetlands. They then converted the drained soil to agricultural production. Since then, nearly 86 ...

Wetlands must have one or more of the following three attributes: 1. at least periodically, the land supports predominately hydrophytes; 2. the substrate is predominately undrained hydric soil ...

Unless the soil is poor, leave the old soil attached to plant roots when repotting, and water the plants thoroughly before transplanting to make digging easier. The only exception to this rule is ...

Several Iowa farmers have joined the federal government to defend a long-standing Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands ...

But nitrogen also boosts microbe activity, accelerating the breakdown of biomass in the soil and reducing the wetland’s ability to serve as a carbon sink to offset carbon dioxide emissions.

Wetlands are well-known for their extraordinary environmental benefits. Along with providing wildlife habitat and absorbing carbon dioxide in their soil, they also act as filters, siphoning off ...

Chantell and Michael Sackett objected when federal officials identified a soggy part of their land as a wetland, which meant they had to get a permit before they filled it with rocks and soil.

Methane is naturally produced by microbes that live in wetland soils. But as wetland conditions change, the growth rate of methane-producing microbes can spike, releasing the gas into the ...