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 ...

Wetlands are commonly referred to as the kidneys of the larger body of streams and rivers. These fragile natural features filter pollutants. Wetlands store water. They provide essential wildlife ...

Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in ...

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

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

Headline-chasing environmental policies that lack common sense and fiscal awareness continue to inhibit progress in New York ...

Headline-chasing environmental policies that lack common sense and fiscal awareness continue to inhibit progress in New York. In addition to a completely unworkable green energy plan dictating ...

Under a 40-year-old law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can withhold subsidies, like crop insurance and disaster payments ...

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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 ...