News of Interest

Weekly News of Interest

Listed below are links to news articles that may be of interest to the wetland community. Readers are encouraged to send links to recent articles, publications, and other resources pertaining to wetlands in their local area to Marla Stelk, Executive Director at news@nawm.org and reference “In the News” in the subject.

• California turns on water to create new wetlands on the shore of the shrinking Salton Sea

• Maine Solar Developer Fined for Water Pollution

• Cold, Quiet, and Carbon-rich: Investigating Winter Wetlands

• Students in Asu Lab Work to Improve River Preserve’s Health

• Stirling Scientists to Analyse Peatland Restoration Benefits

• Urban Rewilding has Brought Back Beavers, Hornbills and Platypuses to City Parks – and that’s Just the Start

Comment Letters

January 6, 2025–
NAWM Joins Several Environmental Organizations in Letter to Trump EPA Transition Team

NAWM and nine other environmental nonprofit or state organizations sent a letter to the Trump U.S. EPA Transition Team. The letter introduced the Transition Team to the national organizations that represent EPA’s state, tribal, and local partners, and offered assistance as the Administration advances an agenda to fulfill the critical mission of EPA to protect public health and the environment. In particular, the letter noted that environmental laws frequently establish state, tribal, and local governments as co-regulators who are the primary implementers of the nation’s environmental laws, regulations and policies. As a result, the letter urges that proposed changes to applicable EPA regulations be developed in collaboration with co-regulators. Read letter here.