Environmentalists fear upcoming moves in Washington and Raleigh could further water down the regulations for wetlands.

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a journalism collaborative based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report for America, publishes an examination of how ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared only wetlands connected to a “water of the U.S.” will be protected. That ruling, ...

On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Federal Register notice stating their intent to review the definition of “waters of the ...

Construction will affect water levels in the Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area wetland in Boone County, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. This month, construction crews plan to ...

the federal government would only have Clean Water Act jurisdiction over wetlands that have a "continuous surface connection" ...

While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The ...

BLUFFTON — Almost two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped federal safeguards from many of the nation’s wetlands, leaving some South Carolina bogs, ponds and swamps vulnerable to ...

Recent Supreme Court rulings and state legislation threaten to weaken wetland protections ... could further water down the regulations covering these vital water-control features have even as ...