One of the changes connected to the regulation updates won’t come until 2028, which will reduce the size requirement for state protections to 7.4 acres. Smaller wetlands of unusual importance will ...

The state Assembly’s Republican leader is now on the record opposing new freshwater wetlands regulations – though his ...

and could protect as much as a million additional acres of wetlands. “The updated regulations include additional guidance to ensure the long-term health of these vital ecosystems, which provide ...

The amendments to New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, originally passed in 1975, aim to protect water quality and endangered ...

Big changes to New York’s environmental conservation law took effect on Jan. 1, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands by ...

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The NSW Government is rushing to gazette almost 1000 wetlands on private properties using desktop maps riddled with errors ...

In court papers filed Jan. 9, Shannon and Michael Folkin allege the town failed to advise them about wetland regulations and ...

The topic might be back before council in early February.

The DEC is hosting a webinar on Wednesday to detail the freshwater wetland regulations.