Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, ...

LANSING— In the battle against invasive species, the common muskrat emerges as an unlikely hero. A new study in the journal ...

Wetlands save Wisconsin and the upper Midwest almost $23 billion per year that would otherwise be spent combating flooding, a new report has found. And that comes as the loss of wetlands has ...

Construction will affect water levels in the Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area wetland in Boone County, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. This month, construction crews plan to ...

Wetlands at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland shows signs of ‘pitting,’ where areas of cordgrass have converted to open water. Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program via Wikimedia, CC BY-NC ...

Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say water levels are greatly improving at a popular hunting spot in Fremont ...

Built decades ago to treat "trash water," wetlands at the county landfill continue to thrive even if they've outlived their original purpose.

After a 2023 Supreme Court ruling narrowed Clean Water Act (CWA) protections for wetlands, researchers at the University of Illinois set out to learn more about the ...