WETLANDS ARTICLES
Wetlands restoration site in San Diego approved by Coastal CommissionSAN DIEGO, CA, Feb. 9, 2011 -- The California Coastal Commission has approved a proposal from Poseidon Resources to restore coastal wetlands in south San Diego County's Otay River floodplain... |
Wetland mitigation activities at Center Bayou exceed 2,800 acres
BATON ROUGE, LA, Jan. 20, 2011 -- Resource Environmental Solutions is now conducting wetland ecosystem restoration activities on over 3,040 acres of contiguous properties in Grant Parish, Louisiana...
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Environmental concerns prompt intervention in NJ pipeline project
TRENTON, NJ, Jan. 14, 2011 -- The New Jersey DEP has filed a legal motion to intervene with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the case of a natural gas pipeline expansion to run through H...
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Construction company fined for impacting stream, wetlands in Clarke County, Iowa
KANSAS CITY, KS, Jan. 4, 2011 -- A private construction company hired by the Iowa DOT has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty for performing unpermitted fill activities that impacted a section of...
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Measuring potential for carbon storage in US lands
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 13, 2010 -- According to the Department of the Interior, a new methodology to assess the potential to store carbon in U.S. wetlands, forests and rangelands ecosystems will help...
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USGS: Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century
RESTON, VA, Dec. 1, 2010 -- Based on an international research modeling effort, the USGS finds that many coastal wetlands worldwide -- including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast -- may be more se...
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Wetland mitigation contract awarded for gas pipeline expansion project
BATON ROUGE, LA, Nov. 30, 2010 -- Second Louisiana Resource will supply wetland mitigation credits in the US Army Corps' of Engineers Vicksburg District along the northern Louisiana segment of the ...
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EPA grant to protect Barnegat, Delaware estuariesNEW YORK, NY, Nov. 19, 2010 -- EPA has awarded nearly $400,000 to Ocean County College to evaluate the health of Barnegat Bay's coastal marshes... |
Everglades restoration program making tangible progress after 10 years
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 23, 2010 -- A decade-long, multibillion dollar effort to restore the Florida Everglades has made tangible albeit slow progress, but additional projects need completion before ...
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Tacoma wetlands must be restored, says EPASEATTLE, WA, Sept. 2, 2010 -- The U.S. EPA has ordered the Port of Tacoma to restore wetlands destroyed by unauthorized work at two locations in the Commencement Bay area... |
