California
Nature: Researchers say plan that lets developers who destroy marshes re-create them elsewhere has failed to stem the loss of such ecosystems.
June 27, 2001
World & Nation
President Bush announced a new wetlands policy Friday, saying that he hopes to slow the destruction of valuable swamps, marshes and bogs but balance environmental protection with economic growth.
Aug. 11, 1991
Politics
The Clinton Administration, breaking new ground on a long-running environmental debate, on Tuesday outlined a package of initiatives designed to stem and eventually reverse the loss of the nation’s wetlands to agriculture and development.
Aug. 25, 1993
Alex Dolgos can barely make himself heard over the din of the construction rigs carving another cul-de-sac from the thickly wooded wetlands that dot the peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.
July 5, 1990
Saving America’s remaining wetlands may be one of the first environmental success stories of the new Bush Administration.
Nov. 26, 1988
Letters to the Editor
A judge may have halted the Ballona Wetlands restoration, but opponents of the project are acting like they scored a major victory. They haven’t.
June 4, 2023
Up to 60% of California’s wetlands could vanish under a “devastating” Bush Administration proposal to narrow the definition of what land qualifies for wetlands protection, a statewide environmental coalition warned Monday.
Nov. 12, 1991
Thousands of acres of wetlands in Ventura County would no longer be protected under federal law if a proposed Bush Administration policy is implemented, biologists said Monday.
A National Academy of Sciences panel will visit six sites, then determine how O.C. measures up in restoring and replacing marsh habitat.
Sept. 18, 2000
Dead saplings jut out of the barren soil like shattered bones.
Aug. 2, 1992