wetlands

• Not being able to build in the wetlands or disturb the wetlands is a positive for the community.
• The settlement requires complete restoration of approximately 29 acres of wetlands, while allowing the St. Pierres to retain approximately 12 acres of wetlands that had been converted to hay fields at several different sites in the course of squaring off existing hay fields and where the impacts of converting the wetlands were minimal. —  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News
• The walkway closest to the Detroit River's edge as well as the wetlands area will be completed first, with the lighting, landscaping and bike path to follow. —  Model D
• "My expectation is that they will demonstrate that the wetlands are a sink for carbon dioxide," said Christopher B. Craft, an Indiana University professor and president of the Society of Wetland Scientists. —  Latest News
• However, a team of scientists, including two Smithsonian ecologists, have found that this same increase in CO2 may ironically counterbalance some of its negative effects on one of the planet's most valuable ecosystems -- wetlands. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed

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