On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest directly ...

Wetlands have long received little attention in traditional limnology courses. Yet they are a critical resource, providing habitat for important species, significant links in the cycling of nutrients ...

Wetlands are the lifeline of our planet, nourishing ecosystems, sustaining communities and fueling economies. Yet, despite their critical importance, freshwater ecosystems are among the most ...

It is World Wetlands Day today. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city ...

This article outlines some of the challenges facing conservation of freshwater ecosystems and future directions for freshwater protected area establishment and management. The primary purpose of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Ground was broken Tuesday, December 3, on a project to help revitalize the Maurepas Swamp’s more than 45,000 acres. According to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and ...

California's initiative to revive the Dutch Slough wetlands has led to a stunning resurgence of Marsh Wren numbers. Recent ...

Chicago, a city built on the shores, indeed the wetlands, of Lake Michigan, is no stranger to the importance of fresh water. However, it’s easy to mistake the lake’s vastness for abundance, forgetting ...

Fish Populations Play An Important Role In Supporting Wildlife And Ecological Balance Throughout Louisiana Swamps. A lot of what happens in the swamp starts beneath the surface of the water” - Milton ...