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‘Mountains of the Moon’ get nod for international wetlands protection
Part of the Rwenzori Mountains – home to some of the last glaciers in Africa and likely Ptolemy’s ‘Lunis Montae’ – received international recognition on Wednesday as a protected wetland site under the international Ramsar convention, a major conservation decision that will help protect the region’s vast ecological riches. The Rwenzori Ramsar Site covers a 99,500 hectares area of the mountain ...
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EPA awards over $435,000 to Oklahoma to aid and develop Wetland program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the State of Oklahoma $437,820 to protect, manage and restore their wetlands. The project will include development of a Wetlands Program Plan and a classification system of wetland habitats. EPA’s Wetlands Program aims to increase the quantity and quality of wetlands in the United States by conserving and restoring wetland acreage ...
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EPA launches new website to protect wetlands; urges public to report any violations of the law
From helping control floods to serving as natural buffers against water pollution to providing recreational opportunities and habitat for fish and wildlife, wetlands offer benefits almost too numerous to count. Members of the public can help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency protect these vital areas by reporting suspected violations of the federal laws that ...
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Pennsylvania Native Wins Prestigious EPA Award For Protecting Wetlands
Regina Poeske, a resident of Doylestown, Pa., and the Wetlands Ecologist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, received the Edward T. “Red” Heinen Wetlands Award, EPA’s most prestigious national award recognizing superior work to protect wetlands. The award is named after a highly respected leader from the formative years of EPA’s Wetlands Program. It is presented ...
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US agencies seek to clarify wetlands protections
Federal agencies Tuesday asserted regulatory authority over many of the nation's streams and wetlands in an effort to clarify which are shielded from development under the Clean Water Act, an issue that remains in dispute even after two U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The law gives the government jurisdiction over U.S. waters, but legal challenges have raised questions about whether its protections ...
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Maine Vacation Parcel pay US$115,000 fine for filling a wetland
Robert and Gayle Greenhill, owners of more than 3,200 acres of land on the western shore of Moosehead Lake, will pay an EPA fine of $115,000 for filling 1.5 acres of freshwater wetlands on their property between 2001 and 2005. The filling of wetlands without a permit, which occurred during the expansion of a private airstrip and the development of a rock quarry, is a violation of the federal ...
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As Sandy Anniversary Approaches, EPA Highlights Importance of Wetlands in Protecting Against Severe Storms
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck will join Marc Matsil of the Trust for Public Land and Richard Nicotra of the Nicotra Group to highlight the importance of wetlands in protecting communities from the dangers of severe storms such as Hurricane Sandy. The event will take place at the Staten Island Hilton, overlooking the Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area. ...
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New EPA video underscores the importance of urban wetlands
The US Environmental Protection Agency has produced a 12- minute video, “Wetlands and Wonder: Reconnecting Children with Nearby Nature,” that makes a passionate case for protecting urban wetlands as places to experience nature. The film focuses on urban and suburban wetlands as valuable resources to be restored, protected and enjoyed. These places, often the only remnants of the natural world ...
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EPA awards wetland program development grants across the country
The US Environmental Protection Agency has awarded six grants, totaling $1,174,834, for wetland protection and management projects in Region 7. Region 7 Administrator John Askew said, 'Protecting our nation's wetlands is a top priority for EPA. These funds will help to achieve environmental improvements in our local watersheds.' EPA seeks to develop and refine effective, comprehensive programs ...
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Tillamook dairy owner to preserve hoquarten slough wetlands
At least 85 percent of Tillamook’s historic estuarine wetlands have been lost to development. Protecting these remaining Sitka Spruce swamp wetlands in Hoquarten Slough will help slow this decline and support the ecological health of Tillamook Bay far into the future. These tidal swamps provide important rearing habit for native salmon and function as natural filters to keep pollutants ...
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EPA, Army Corps Issue Joint Guidance to Sustain Wetlands Protection under Supreme Court Decision
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued joint guidance for their field offices to ensure America's wetlands and other water bodies are protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). This action reinforces the Bush Administration's commitment to protect and enhance the quality of our nation's wetlands and water bodies. 'The ...
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Landowners ordered to restore wetlands in Ocean Shores, Washington (WA)
Ralph Burgess and John Kilcup have been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove fill material and restore damaged wetlands on their property in Ocean Shores, Washington. EPA alleges that Burgess and Kilcup violated the Clean Water Act in 2007 when they placed fill material into nearly an acre of dune wetlands at their condominium development site without the required permit from ...
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WWF delivers on 100 million hectares of wetlands pledge
Declaration of the high Andes home to two of the three species of Andean flamingos marks WWF’s delivery of a “crazy, unrealistic pledge” to deliver 100 million hectares of new protected wetlands in a decade. Fittingly, the 3000 to nearly 7000 metre high Lagunas Altoandinas y Punenas de Catamarca in north west Argentina is the highest area to be declared a wetland of international importance ...
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EPA Provides Over $345,000 to Protect Wetlands in New York; Citizen Science to be Used in the Adirondacks to Collect Environmental Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded over $345,000 to the New York State Adirondack Park Agency and The College of Environmental Science and Forestry to better protect wetlands throughout the state and identify strategies to deal with New York’s changing climate. “Wetlands provide enormous economic environmental and flood protection benefits, but they are threatened ...
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EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in New Jersey; Nearly $430,000 Awarded for Wetlands Assessments and to Address New Jersey’s Changing Climate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $430,000 to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and Ocean County College to better protect wetlands throughout New Jersey and identify strategies to address the changing climate. “Wetlands provide enormous economic environmental and public health benefits, but they are threatened by development and the impacts of New ...
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EPA action preserves one thousand acres of wetlands in Loiza, Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Land Authority will preserve 1,000 acres of wetlands as part of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wetlands help prevent flooding and the pollution of rivers, lakes and streams. The wetlands preserved under the settlement, the majority of which are in Loiza just east of San Juan, will now be protected from future commercial and industrial development. The ...
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EPA Awards $10 Million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant for Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has awarded a $10 million five-year grant to Central Michigan University to continue implementation of EPA's Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program. Central Michigan University’s project team includes SUNY College at Brockport and other institutions and agencies. The project team will work on coastal wetlands monitoring ...
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NRDC: Chamber’s Attack on Clean Water Rule Puts Polluters’ Profits First
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today attacked a new clean water rule with unsubstantiated charges about excessive costs that hold no water. Jon Devine, a senior attorney with the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the following statement: “Clean water supports a strong economy. Anglers spend roughly $40 billion a year on fishing, tourist dollars support the ...
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A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets
Vienna - A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for creating protected areas. The Lower Danube Green Corridor Declaration, signed by environment ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova in ...
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EPA awards grant to protect the Barnegat and Delaware Estuaries (NJ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded nearly $400,000 to Ocean County College to evaluate the health of Barnegat Bay’s coastal marshes. The grant will also allow the college to assess the ability of the marshes to perform natural functions that benefit coastal communities. This grant will enhance and expand monitoring and assessment work being conducted by the ...
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