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  • Wetlands get dumped on

    A Supreme Court decision has stripped federal protection from about one-third of the nation's wetlands.

    by Matt Jenkins, Mar 12, 2001

  • Shoring up wetlands protection

    The Bush administration says it will stand by Clinton's "Tulloch Rule," which requires a permit for using earthmovers to excavate wetlands.

    by Matt Jenkins, May 07, 2001

  • Wetland degrader swims in murky waters

    The EPA has taken Idaho rancher John Simpson to court for clearing debris and beaver dams out of a channel of the Salmon River, although endangered salmon have since spawned in the channel, complicating the issue.

    by Laurel Jones, Jul 30, 2001

  • Bringing back the bosque

    Along New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande, pueblo tribes are working to bring back the disappearing bosque - the cottonwood gallery forest that once lined the river, offering habitat, shade and leafy bounty to a dry landscape.

    by Greg Hanscom, Nov 19, 2001

  • New plan will protect salmon habitat

    "Pacfish" proposal would protect riparian areas of northwest.

    by Paul Larmer, Apr 18, 1994

  • Wetlands program wasn't

    Study shows that mitigation projects in Oregon destroyed more wetlands than they created.

    by John Rosapepe, Aug 08, 1994

  • Scoot over, farms - ducks are moving in

    In Boundary Creek, Idaho, locals are at odds over the flooding of good farmland to create wetlands for the new Boundary Creek Wildlife Management Area.

    by Julie Titone, Feb 04, 2002

  • Who wins when a river returns?

    A project to restore a riparian ecosystem would return water to California's Lower Owens River.

    by Jeff Putman, Feb 17, 1997

  • Accidental refuge: Should we save the Salton Sea?

    The Salton Sea became the Salton Sea in 1905, when human accident flooded the desert; now its survival is uncertain, as demand for scarce water continues to grow in Southern California.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 19, 2000

  • Trickle of hope

    An introduction to the special issues on the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Delta points to signs of life in an abused landscape in Southern California and Mexico.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 19, 2000
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