The Blanca Wetlands area in southern Colorado got the designation, partly for its playa and marsh habitats containing large populations of water birds, amphibians, macroinvertebrates and 13 ...

Colorado’s wetlands are endangered by climate change and invasive species. New federal money will help protect them By Carl Bilek, Ryan Warner, and Caitlyn Kim ...

The Casa Blanca wetland is all of 20 acres and lies but a stone’s throw from a busy highway and the Laredo International Airport. On a satellite-generated map, it looks vulnerable and insignificant.

Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change—but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature ...

ALAMOSA -- A San Luis Valley consulting firm is undertaking a study of wetlands and riparian habitat that state and federal wildlife officials hope will help their management efforts in the face ...

The BLM intends to change the acquired water rights to allow their usage for irrigation of wetlands on the valley floor, including wetlands at the Blanca Wetlands Area, located 10 miles northeast ...

Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change -- but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature ...

“With climate change, drought, and a limited irrigation season, Blanca Wetlands is one of the few places in the valley that offers wetland habitat year-round.

This is a wetland in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru, photographed by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Ohio State University doctoral student Oliver Wigmore built the UAV to study ...