wetlands

Delaware was awarded $900,000 for five projects, including two at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge to restore the area’s marshlands.

The EPA awards thea grant to investigate how extreme climate events and road salt could harm wetlands.

The Southbridge Wilmington Wetlands Park is officially dedicated.

Sussex County Council introduced a new wetlands buffer ordinance Tuesday, one that adds significantly more protections. Sussex County has looked at…

Coastal wetlands are considered key to mitigating climate change, because their plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil even faster than forests do. But Delaware Public Media's Sophia Schmidt reports that research at a salt marsh near Dover raises questions about how much of a carbon “sink” tidal wetlands really are, and if that’s changing as the climate warms.

The city of Lewes approved a new wetlands buffer zone. The buffer zone is designed to protect the wetlands in and around Lewes from being further…

One state lawmaker is seeking to counter a federal government order narrowing clean water protections nationwide.State Senator Stephanie Hansen…

A rollback of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in the federal Clean Water Act was finalized by the Trump administration last month. And the…

Sussex County Council approved a plan Tuesday to regulate housing density near state tidal wetlands.Sussex County measures its housing density by total…

A Sussex County Councilman is proposing to change the way housing density is measured in an effort to protect state wetlands.Sussex currently measures…