Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – On a sunny spring day on a farm outside St. Louis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking ...

The inbreeding, declining population of a frog tells the story of the state of South Carolina's wetlands.

Governor Eric Holcomb signed controversial House Bill 1383 into law on Monday, but the law has implications for surrounding states. Here's what you need to know. Wetlands are areas where water covers ...

IndyStar recently covered a warehouse development that would destroy wetlands in Marion County and wetlands across the state have been a topic of conversation during this — and many past —legislative ...

Illinois wetlands deserve protection. Lawmakers should make that happen, while there is still time. State lawmakers can pass legislation that would restore the safeguards the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One of the last remaining marshes ...

The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the atmosphere and sequester carbon. Yet, in the farmland area of Canada's ...

As federal safeguards erode, state lawmakers are laying the groundwork for restoring and protecting wetlands left vulnerable ...

With North Carolina recently suffering historic flooding damage, in the east from 2016's Hurricane Matthew and 2018's Hurricane Florene and in the west from last year's Tropical Storm Helene, ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Tucked about a mile offshore from Lake Michigan, in northern Michigan’s Charlevoix ...