The Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands — known to many as the Viera Wetlands — has been closed to the public since last June. But county officials say the wetlands — a popular spot for bird-watching and ...

Southwest Florida has experienced significant wetland loss, with Collier County losing 17% and Lee County losing 31% in 24 years. Wetland loss has negative economic consequences, impacting tourism and ...

A little mollusk is making big waves in a pond west of Conroe. The "spectacle case" mussel is a rare find in Texas, and it has made its home in the latest tract to be preserved in the area. Montgomery ...

In a move that could make building easier in a limited number of wetlands, the Environmental Protection Agency and Corps of Engineers have directed their field staffers not to assert jurisdiction over ...

World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention ...

One of the federal judges considering whether to allow construction of a crude oil pipeline to continue in an environmentally fragile Louisiana swamp seemed to downplay concerns Monday about the ...

Thousands of acres of wetlands in northeastern Minnesota are in danger, and only the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can save them. These two agencies ...