A Palo Alto environmental nonprofit recently acquired 668 acres of farmland in the Pajaro River Valley with the hopes of returning parts of the property to its former wetland landscape. The property, ...

A new study provides new insights to demonstrate that multiple wetlands or 'wetland complexes' within a watershed are extremely effective at reducing harmful nitrate in rivers and streams. These ...

Intensive farming practices can result in significant amounts of contaminants, notably nitrogen, phosphorus, faecal matter and sediment, getting into our waterways. With World Wetlands Day occurring ...

The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act decision restricting the federal government’s jurisdiction over “adjacent” wetlands prompted warnings that millions of acres of wetlands could be at risk, but the ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — In the continued push to improve water quality, Polk County expanded on the Wetland Wave Conservation ...

Lakes and wetlands in the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska are drying at a significant rate. The shift seems to be driven by climate change, and could endanger waterfowl habitats and hasten the ...

Wetlands are a natural, shallow water feature that once dominated much of Iowa's landscape and help clean water.

Years of scientific research have helped identify the Lisima Lya Mwono landscape as critical to water security, biodiversity, ...

Neils Lunceford, a landscaping business based in Silverthorne, is hoping to use more of its recently acquired property by filling in wetlands in the area. Neils Lunceford moved off its old operational ...