as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development
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Rippling benefits Even these considerable costs don’t capture the myriad benefits that healthy wetlands offer.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
If passed, the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act would empower the state’s Department of Natural Resources to regulate private land use around the state’s remaining wetlands.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
In the long term, these wetlands could prevent hundreds of billions of dollars of flood damage in the region.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
The works submitted this year addressed issues such as disappearing wetlands in Iran, the loss of temperate rainforests in the UK, drought in Bolivia and Myanmar, shrinking mangroves in Vietnam, and threats to indigenous communities in Ecuador.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
And that comes as the loss of wetlands has accelerated, and critical protections have eased.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Scientists are still assessing how many wetlands lost federal protections, but estimates are in the tens of millions.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Wisconsin has stronger state-level protections for wetlands than other states, and also has taken recent steps to bolster the acres that are left.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
When the wetlands were submerged, freshwater fish and other aquatic creatures would have been able to swim freely throughout the zig-zagging trenches.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
If passed, the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act would empower the state’s Department of Natural Resources to regulate private land use around the state’s remaining wetlands.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
In the long term, these wetlands could prevent hundreds of billions of dollars of flood damage in the region.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
The works submitted this year addressed issues such as disappearing wetlands in Iran, the loss of temperate rainforests in the UK, drought in Bolivia and Myanmar, shrinking mangroves in Vietnam, and threats to indigenous communities in Ecuador.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
And that comes as the loss of wetlands has accelerated, and critical protections have eased.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Scientists are still assessing how many wetlands lost federal protections, but estimates are in the tens of millions.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Wisconsin has stronger state-level protections for wetlands than other states, and also has taken recent steps to bolster the acres that are left.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
When the wetlands were submerged, freshwater fish and other aquatic creatures would have been able to swim freely throughout the zig-zagging trenches.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Wetlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetlands. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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