Preserving Wetlands: ‘Those that Are Remaining Are Critical to Maintain’ - IPM Newsroom

Preserving wetlands: ‘Those that are remaining are critical to maintain’ - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - Wetlands are important not just to all the animal and plant species that live there, but they’re also valuable to humans because they purify drinking water by taking nutrients and pollutants out of the system through all of the plant life and natural cycling that occurs. The post Preserving wetlands: ‘Those that are remaining are critical to maintain’ appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Act Now: Federal agencies have proposed a rule that rewrites the definitions of Waters of the United States

Posted by Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper: Federal agencies have proposed a rule that rewrites the definitions of Waters of the United States. If these definitions go through. It is currently estimated that protections will be lost for 500 -1,000 miles of small streams in the Niagara River watershed, and nearly 92% of wetlands New York State will not longer fall under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act! Your public comment in opposition to thi…

EPA Rule Change Would Strip Federal Protection From Most Wisconsin Wetlands

Change would leave only 13% of state's wetlands protected.

Most Wisconsin wetlands would lack federal protection under EPA’s proposed rule - KFIZ News-Talk 1450 AM

Only 13 percent of Wisconsin’s wetlands would fall under federal protection under proposed changes to the “waters of the United States” rule unveiled last month, but most would still be protected under state law. Even so, wetland advocates say some Wisconsin wetlands would be more vulnerable to development under narrow exemptions in state law. In November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed changes that…