Latest Wetlands News

Takeaways from AP's story on Alabama's ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed

Aug. 13, 2024 11:16 AM EDT

Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers unusually rich in plant and animal diversity. It's also a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of...

Brazil's Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn't officially started but it's already breaking records

Jun. 29, 2024 09:03 AM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven't technically entered annual fire season, but already the number of blazes has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades. Typically the world’s largest tropical...

Editorial Roundup: New York

Jun. 27, 2024 13:27 PM EDT

Albany Times Union. June 25, 2024. Editorial: No hiding flaws of proposed mask ban Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal for a new ban on face coverings raises irresolvable constitutional and enforcement concerns. When she took office during the COVID-19...