Wetlands serve a number of important environmental functions. Location, soil type, surface and ground water movement determine which of the following functions a particular wetland may serve.

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

The Lake George Land Conservancy has purchased 45 acres that are mostly wetlands off of Lake George in the town of Bolton, it ...

Part of the difficulty arises from the diversity of wetland types that exist around the world, from salt or brackish water coastal marshes and mangroves to inland freshwater swamps, peatlands ...

Out of the 253 wetland monitoring sites, 87 percent “are unable to keep up with rising water levels,” the authors wrote. They distinguish in the study among three different types of wetland ...

Wetlands are areas of the land that are covered by water for most of the time. They can form naturally or be man-made. If I told you I was visiting a bog, you might be wondering why I look so ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- The Department of Environmental Conservation changed the jurisdiction and classifications of freshwater ...

Huddle Bay and along Homer Point Road are officially protected land, according to the Lake George Land Conservancy. The land ...