A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists found wetlands in the Upper Midwest region are “in peril” due to recent ...

Roy noted that their farm is relatively small — which makes balancing agricultural production and wetlands protection less fraught than elsewhere in the Midwest, where regulating an industry ...

IPBES said most of the wetlands were drained to make way for development, farming or other productive uses. IPBES added that ...

Has a U.S. Supreme Court decision stripped federal protections from 30 million acres of wetlands in the Upper Midwest?

Over the long term, protecting these wetlands could prevent between $323 billion and $754 billion in residential flood damages in this region. The next farm bill offers a pivotal opportunity to ...

Advocates see an opportunity in the next farm bill in Congress to support and encourage farmers to protect wetlands on their property. A wetland is a natural sponge, said Paul Botts, president and ...

A spokesperson with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau said the group was unable to comment on the study. In Wisconsin, farmland covers 13.8 million acres, but the amount of land in farms has declined by ...

The rapid urbanization of Lagos has brought unprecedented challenges, one of the most significant being the destruction of ...

The report says the next federal farm bill, likely to be considered by the new Congress next year, presents an opportunity to strengthen wetland protections by increasing funding for conservation ...

new report from Union of Concerned Scientists pushes for wetland protections in a new Farm Bill. Photo courtesy of USDA. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists found wetlands in the ...