The state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, which lawmakers amended in April 2022 and set the changes to take effect Jan. 1, ...

Jurisdictional determination is just another point of contention for some regarding New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Act. “Not one size fits all,” said Jim Wehrfritz of the Chautauqua Lake Property ...

A major environmental law just got bigger and better, with nearly 300,000 acres of wetlands and beaches gaining protection under the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm (BEACH) Act, reported ...

has granted a final one-month opportunity to the state wildlife authorities to file their reply and submit a detailed map of the Pong wetland’s notified wildlife sanctuary area and its ...

“The Environmental Protection Agency is asking for a wetland delineation study done by someone through EGLE and that would probably come as early as June,” Brege said. “The study would show ...

Wetlands are biologically diverse ecosystems that provide a habitat for many vital species, acting as buffers against coastal storms and as a natural water filter water, breaking down harmful ...

Pleasure House Point map showing the wetland restoration area. Site clearing is scheduled to begin in February. The property was under threat of development for many years, but in 2012 ...

Take a trip along the coastlines of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and you are bound to run into stretches of mangroves and wetlands Not only are these ... By analyzing these indices, the SVM can map out ...

Some of Manatee County’s newly elected commissioners are hoping to speed up the process of restoring local wetland protections that were removed in 2023. In September, the board voted to restore ...

In the past, if a landowner wanted to build on property adjacent to a wetland, they’d consult official state maps showing the location of regulated wetlands in their area. Then they’d apply to ...