In the News

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  and reference “In the News” in the subject.

• Every Drop Counts: Low-tech, process-based restoration

• Kitty Hawk adopts amendment to exclude wetlands from lot calculations

• Plan to address new Mississippi River pass could ease shipping concerns and build new wetlands

• Providing better bottom-up estimates of wetland methane emissions

• Interior Department Announces More Than $50.6 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges
  

• Mann Wetland enhancements coming this fall
  
  

Recent Comment Letters

September 18, 2023 –
NAWM Comments on OMB’s Draft Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in BCA

The National Association of Wetland Managers provided brief comments on the Office of Management and Budgets proposed draft Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost Analysis. Overall, NAWM is supportive of this enhancement to regulatory decision-making and supports this policy initiative. The comment letter can be read here.