Wetlands Program Articles & Analysis
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Of main concern are the non-tidal wetlands that were once regulated as Section 404 Waters and are now no longer regulated under the Clean Water Act. This is a concern, however, there are many state programs that overlap and often exceed 404 jurisdiction. These programs are meant to cover important wetlands in a given state where ...
The concern is the fact the the USDA and the EPA/Corps define wetlands differently. In short, the USDA protects wetlands from filling by farmers and the Corps/EPA regulates the filling of wetlands under the CWA. ...
Carbon programs may also be coupled with some state and federal government programs that provide payments to forestland owners for conservation practices, such as USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Reserve Program, and the U.S. ...
An ingenious microcredit project funded by the Dutch branch of the humanitarian charity Oxfam Novib, and carried out with local partners by the Netherlands-based NGO Wetlands International, has been helping villagers plant mangroves and other trees. ...
Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century. ...
Increased flood risk The Parana Delta in Argentina is one example of an important wetland affected by soy expansion. “The delta is an incredible natural wetland ecosystem that has the capacity to soften the effects of floods and droughts, protect the coast and purify the water”, tells Daniel Blanco of Wetlands International ...
An Innovative Approach to Water Quality Management The USDA has implemented conservation programs for decades in an effort to address on-farm environmental and natural resource problems like water pollution, habitat destruction, and degradation of wetlands. ...
Repeated introductions of European germplasm into North America have created confusion over the origins of reed canarygrass germplasm found in wetlands, pastures, and breeding programs. The objectives of this study were to identify sources of DNA marker variation among reed canarygrass cultivars from Europe and North America and between landraces and improved ...