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Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...
Seeing wetlands as a flood solution drove bipartisan support in Wisconsin. Why not elsewhere?
Damaging floods are now so common in the states that border the Mississippi River, including Wisconsin, that the issue can’t ...
A new era dawns for America’s disappearing wetlands as feds retreat from oversight
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared only wetlands connected to a “water of the U.S.” will be protected. That ruling, ...
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Delta duck hunting offers conservation solutions, but the ducks are disappearing
On the last day of duck season in the heart of Arkansas’ best duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunting just ...
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Framing wetlands as a flooding solution won bipartisan support in Wisconsin. Could it work elsewhere?
Some say wetlands can save money by blunting flood impacts. A Wisconsin law geared to stem disasters before they happen will test that idea.
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Why Utah’s wetlands around the Great Salt Lake may matter more than you think
Wetlands around the Great Salt Lake are vital to the health of Utah's ecosystem — but did you know that wetlands can also ...
WWNO2d
A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?
A project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in western Mississippi is supposed to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delt, but it ...
Big wins for Ducks Unlimited Canada and three lucky residents in Atlantic Canada
MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law, in partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), is grateful for the tremendous ...
The Better India4d
Behind the Viral Video: How Ducks Power Sustainable Rice Farming in Kerala
The viral video of ducks in Kerala's paddy fields reveals an eco-friendly farming tradition that supports rice cultivation ...
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Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Hundreds of species, including every kind of duck, goose and swan, need those wetlands, which rise and fall, flood and recede, to breed, forage and rest. When wetlands are destroyed, the birds are ...
Arkansas Times4d
Delta duck hunting offers conservation solutions, but the ducks are disappearing
Duck hunters like Taylor may be the saving grace of wetlands in the Natural State. Credit: Lucas Dufalla / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette On the last day of duck season in the heart of Arkansas’s ...