The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that coastal watersheds across the lower 48 states “lose 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands each year to development, drainage, erosion, subsidence and … Read more
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Clean Water Under Threat at Supreme Court
On October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could remove longstanding protections for roughly half the nation’s streams and wetlands. Sackett v. EPA — an already … Read more
Nature-based Climate Strategies Protect People & Wildlife
The National Wildlife Federation’s Natural Climate Solutions Platform recommends nature-based strategies to benefit people, wildlife, jobs, and infrastructure. The National Wildlife Federation recently released Natural Climate Solutions: A Federal Policy … Read more
New Rule Takes Aim at State and Tribal Rights to Protect Clean Water
The Trump Administration has spent nearly four years trying to dismantle the Clean Water Act. In the middle of a global pandemic – where access to clean water is more … Read more
5 Unusual Species Found In and Around the Everglades
The Everglades once covered much of Florida from Orlando to Miami, but only about half of this unique subtropical wetland system remains today. Despite the losses, the Everglades is still … Read more
Five Wetland Species Jeopardized by Clean Water Act Rollback
We all live downstream. And the only way to have safe water downstream is by protecting water upstream at its source. Despite this, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) … Read more
Safeguard Reddish Egret Habitat + Crucial Protection for Our Coasts and Rivers
Hurricane season is again upon us, with storms threatening communities, homes, and wildlife habitat in their path. As communities recover in the wake of these storms and floods, we must … Read more
Turn the Tide for Turtles: Help Them Live to a Very Old Age
With their low metabolism and predator-proof hard shells, our native freshwater turtles are well equipped to live a long life.* But traffic on roads slicing through habitats along with the … Read more
Wine for the Wetlands
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana is where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The parish (Louisiana’s version of a county) will lose 55% of its land due to a … Read more
EPA: Hear Our Voices, Protect Clean Water
We all deserve clean water, be it for drinking, swimming, or fishing. However, the Trump Administration is on a path to roll back Clean Water Act protections that have safeguarded … Read more
