wetland

In 2019, it was recognised as an internationally important wetland under the Ramsar treaty -- designed to protect key habitats around the world.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

The Ealing Beaver Project says, since the mammals moved in, Greenford station, downstream from the animals' wetland home at Paradise Fields, no longer floods after heavy rain.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

At the same time, they substantially reduced both the abundance of grassland birds and the diversity of wetland species that depend on large, open areas.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Watched and photographed by a host of humans, the annual migration of the sandhill crane, once nearly extinct, begins from an Indiana wetland in the twilight of late fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

They’re a little large for me, and they feel like a wetland inside.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

For five decades, presidential administrations, businesses and states have fought over what wetlands and waterways should be protected from pollution by this landmark environmental legislation.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

He recommends visitors hike the Curonian Spit—a thin 61-mile stretch of sand dunes along the Baltic Sea—and cross the wooden boardwalks that span Estonia’s wetlands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

That could matter in California, where battery opposition has surged after a fire at a Moss Landing energy storage facility drove the evacuation of 1,200 residents and contaminated nearby wetlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The beavers slow the flow of water during downpours and create wetlands that hold it back, easing pressure on the drainage system further downstream.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The land below was bottomland, where red maples, trees of the wetlands, grew.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George