wetlands

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When, by the mid-1980s, commercial hunting and the destruction of wetlands brought nine of 10 major North American duck species into steep decline, a 1985 farm bill helped reverse that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Known as the Lugg Moratorium, developers can buy credits to offset the phosphate and nitrate added by building, and the money is used to fund wetlands.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

In the course of three decades, the state passed all sorts of legislation, from wetlands protection to local government growth-management initiatives.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

This is unexpected because methane is usually produced in environments that lack oxygen, such as wetlands or deep ocean sediments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

After an endless trek through trash- strewn wetlands, we found the salt ponds: rectangular fields of shallow water.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan