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News Articles: wetlands

A bulkhead runs along the bank of the Intracoastal Waterway near the Causton Bluff Bridge. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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Proposed DNR rule change could threaten marshes

Comments are due Friday on the state agency's plan to relax buffers protecting both wetlands and nearby development.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Robin Kemp
A snowy egret stands within the salt marsh at Station Creek Landing in St Helena, S.C., on July 10, 2023.

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  • Environment

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

August 29, 2023
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By:
  • James Doubek
Cypress trees, some dead and some living, stand in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Fargo, Ga. Proulx writes about the swamps of Okefenokee in her book.

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  • Author Interviews

In 'Fen, Bog & Swamp,' Annie Proulx pens a history of wetland destruction

Writer Annie Proulx may be best known for her works of fiction. But her latest book is a thoroughly researched and reported look at the role that wetlands play in our ecosystem.

October 11, 2022
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By:
  • Julie Depenbrock
Conceptual map of Wetlands Preserve Park in Savannah's Canal District

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  • Environment

Savannah to build new interpretive nature trail as part of proposed Wetlands Preserve Park

The park is meant in part to mitigate flooding in the city's low-lying Canal District, home of the new Enmarket Arena.

June 10, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
The Okefenokee Swamp is among Georgia's wildest places. It is home to some 200 species of birds and 50 reptiles, including American alligators and snowy egrets.

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Georgia Today: State's beloved Okefenokee Swamp at the heart of plan for new titanium dioxide mine

A proposal to mine for titanium dioxide near the state's Okefenokee Swamp is attracting controversy. Alabama company Twin Pines has applied for a permit to extract minerals near the freshwater wetland and wildlife refuge — the largest blackwater wetland in North America — and residents, politicians and environmental advocates are pushing back to protect the Okefenokee.

RELATED: New bill aims to protect Okefenokee Swamp from mining

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
As water levels dropped in the marshlands this summer, the marsh water became too salty for the water buffalo to drink.

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  • World

In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is upending a way of life

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures are increasing at nearly double the rate of Earth's.

November 07, 2021
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Sandhill cranes roosting knee deep in a middle Georgia winter pond.

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  • Environment

A Great Migration On View In Georgia Farmland

When Ben Thompson was a kid, he was like a lot of other kids in that he liked watching the nature shows on public television. “ And they would show...

April 29, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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