Chautauqua County legislators have finally taken a firm position on the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Regulations. Let’s be clear from the outset that legislative resolutions carry no weight and, for ...

Ellicott Town Board members aren’t yet comfortable joining a lawsuit challenging the DEC’s enforcement of the state’s ...

wetlands and underground aquifers — all sources of water people need for drinking, growing food, recreation, and daily activities. Fresh water keeps us healthy in our bodies and minds. The water we ...

In a draft notice of violation obtained by WLRN, Miami-Dade county officials say FPL repeatedly violated orders laid out in a consent decree written in part to hold more freshwater on wetlands ...

But what often gets overlooked are our precious freshwater wetlands; marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens that make up so much of our landscape. There is an irrefutable relationship between land ...