Municipalities could string together smaller “swamps” into prime wetlands, hindering development, according to a opponents of House Bill 326, a measure that would change how wetlands are defined.

Democrats, environmental groups and business leaders are denouncing a bill that they say would further erode protections for Indiana’s already shrinking wetlands. Senate Bill 414, which deals with ...

Only 13% of roughly 6 milion acres of wetlands in Wisconsin would be federally protected under changes to the proposed EPA ...

A Senate committee will hold hearings Thursday on three bills aimed at clarifying the state’s wetlands and shoreline protection laws and making it a bit easier for the construction industry. One — ...

Editor’s Note: Meredith Jo Alcoke and Amy P. Wang are members of the Environmental Practice Group at Ward and Smith P.A. On Aug. 28, a new rule issued by the United States Environmental Protection ...

Members of Congress constantly call for decisions to be based on sound science, but when it comes to our nation’s wetlands, science could go down the drain on Capitol Hill. A very unscientific bill ...

CORAL SPRINGS — South Florida developers and local environmental regulators don’t always see the same thing when they look at a piece of land in far western Broward County. The developer sees a lot ...

A cypress swamp at their backs, the experts fanned out Tuesday, fondling plants and poking muddy dirt while sidestepping cow patties in a pasture near Orlando International Airport. Their task: Test – ...

SOLOMONS — Cicadas sing in the trees overhead. The carpet of brown leaves under foot is spongy, still damp from the morning’s rain. Barely seen through the woods, traffic whooshes by in the distance ...