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The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Coping with Sea Level Rise — Coastal wetlands make communities more resilient by providing flood storage, storm surge buffers, erosion control, water quality improvements, and wildlife habitat. Sea level rise is a threat not only to wetlands, but also to the communities these wetlands serve.
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Wetland Shoreline Protection and Erosion Control: Design Considerations
This technical note summarizes information and documented experience concerning wetland protection and erosion control along channels and shorelines. The causes and mechanisms of erosion are described, and general design requirements that should be considered when planning an erosion control project are outlined.
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The Land is Washing Back to the Sea'
louisiana wetlands are disappearing at a rate of up to 25 square miles per year -- and taking centuries-old communities with them.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Seeks Additional Authority to Protect Wildlife and the Environment from Adverse Impacts of Wind Projects
12.08.2010– In a report submitted to the Wisconsin Legislature in November 2010, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”) made four recommendations to enhance its authority to protect wildlife and natural resources from wind project impacts:
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Medusahead: An Inedible Grass Threatens Western Rangeland
Burmese pythons in Florida, zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, feral pigs and other mammals in Hawaii: These are just a few of the dozens of stories about animals introduced -- accidentally or deliberately -- in the U.S. that have ended up playing havoc on regional ecologies and economies.
But invasive species also extend to plant life. Residents of the South are well acquainted with kudzu, the fast-growing and disruptive vine originally intended as livestock feed and for erosion control. Purple loosestrife arrived in New England back in the 1800s as an ornamental plant, but now threatens to clog and dry out great areas of America's wetlands -- while
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Nature's unsung heroes, speckled alders stand out this time of year
As most trees finally shed their leaves, previously obscured layers of our local forests are uncovered. The speckled alder (Alnus incana), upon losing its leaves, reveals distinctive seed and pollen catkins. The male pollen-bearing catkins hang in dangling clusters, and the erect brown seed-bearing cones (female structures) bristle from branch tips.
Aside from the telltale catkins, speckled alder have prominent light-colored lenticels — spongy openings used for gas exchange — speckling the bark; hence the name.
Speckled alders are, in my opinion, one of the unsung heroes of our wetlands. They are
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Katrina: A Man- Made Disaster
It's been five years since the levees broke and New Orleans drowned, since an unremarkable storm left behind unspeakable horrors. Five years since those indelible images of corpses floating in ditches and families screaming on rooftops, since that nauseating frenzy of buck-passing and blame-shifting. It was a heckuva job all around.
It took a while, but the prevailing narrative is finally starting to reflect that
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CRMC mulls Hull Cove buffer zone
A decision on a buffer zone variance for the construction of a single-family residence on Clarke’s Village Lane was delayed by the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) due to lengthy testimony given by expert witnesses on behalf of the property owner.
The CRMC heard testimony on the subject
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Bay Gets Health Report Card
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation released its State of the Bay report Tuesday, indicating the overall Bay health index improved by 3 points since 2008 thanks in part to efforts to increase the crab population and replenish underwater grasses which filter toxins out of the water and increase oxygen, and the preservation of forested buffers. In total
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Wetland Construction and Mitigation in Louisiana
Stream Wetland Services, L.L.C. has initiated a wetland mitigation program in Louisiana to accommodate commerce and industry expansion in developing wetland sites. Our company implements the mitigation procedures and assumes the mitigation responsibilities as directed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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Delta Conservation District - Local Wetland Assistance Program
The Delta Conservation District has established a voluntary process for meeting with landowners to identify if wetlands exist on their property before a project begins and/or assistance prior to submitting a permit application to the MDEQ/MDNR for a specific project.
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A dam fine idea to check first
Digging into wetlands, and diverting or damming streams are not good farming practice so before cutting loose with a digger or bulldozer, it's best to check what is allowed under the Regional Water and Soil Plan (RWSP) for Northland.
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Naponee woman recognized for conservation efforts
Each of Nebraska’s 14 wildlife biologists was asked to nominate one person deserving the recognition. The Posts and 13 other landowners were recognized at a ceremony celebrating Pheasants Forever’s milestone of having improved 3 million acres for wildlife habitat in Nebraska since the organization’s inception in 1982.
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Van Hollen wins case against developer
n a civil complaint filed against Country West Development LLC by the Department of Justice in 2009, the developer was alleged to have failed to implement and maintain erosion control measures and to have discharged pollutants into a nearby wetland and brook. These alleged actions were violations of Wisconsin pollution laws.
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