Vernal pools are increasingly important to Vermont’s human residents, too, because of how they regulate water. These shallow depressions help retain water during periods of heavy rain, reducing the ...

Maui County’s Department of Planning is creating a public tool that will help reduce flood risk while protecting and restoring important natural wetland ecosystems. As part of a new county law, ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...

The first comprehensive new map for the Mendenhall wetlands area since 1979 is nearing completion and the cartographer for the project — who started drawing local maps around that time — says things ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed a 10-year effort to provide much more accurate maps of Minnesota’s wetlands. The update of the state’s National Wetlands Inventory used new ...