Pagosa Springs River Walk Wetlands. Photo credit: PagosaWetland Partners Here’s a From The Pagosa Daily Post (Keith Bruno): Swamps, wet meadows, floodplains, bottomlands, bogs, freshwater and saltwater marshes, places where the water stands still and the soil becomes inundated to the point of saturation — these are wetlands. Tuesday, Feb. 2, marked the annual celebration…Celebrating our …
Study Finds Staggering Economic Benefit From Protecting Wetlands — The Revelator — Coyote Gulch
From The Revalator (Kimberly M. S. Cartier): For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane. Mangrove forests, marshes, and seagrass beds protect inland areas from storm surges and strong winds. Over long periods, coastal wetlands like these build up sediment […] …
@AmericanRivers statement on @POTUS’s administration’s “dirty water” rule #DirtyWaterRule @EPA — Coyote Gulch
Here’s the release from American River (Chris Williams): The Trump Administration [on January 23, 2020] announced the release of its Revised Definition of the Waters of the United States, a sweeping federal rule that drastically weakens the reach and authority of the Clean Water Act to protect the Nation’s rivers, small streams and wetlands. In […] …
New #Water Rule Endangers Millions of Birds and America’s Water Supply — @Audubon — Coyote Gulch
From Audubon (Matt Smelser): “The Trump Administration’s new water rule makes it a lot easier to pave America’s critical wetlands and put up parking lots,” said David Yarnold, president and CEO, National Audubon Society (@david_yarnold) after the Administration announced the finalization of its rollbacks to the Clean Water Act. “Wetlands are not only important places […] …
Debonair Duck
via Sharp Dressed Dabbling Duck — The Wilden Marsh Blog
World Wetlands Day, Feb. 2nd
Tomorrow, February 2nd is World Wetlands Day. This year’s theme is Sustainable Urban Wetlands. Currently half the world’s population lives in urban settings, but by 2050 that figure will be 66 percent. Shrinking wetlands will not only have huge impacts on wildlife, but their decline also affects the livability of cities. Read the latest Birds […] …
The Northern Herper 