Natural History Wanderings

Inside Climate News reported

Wetlands and ephemeral streams provide a wide variety of benefits to people and wildlife, from flood protection for local communities, to preventing pollutants from entering the water supply, to breeding grounds for endangered bird species. Wetlands can also act as carbon sinks, sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

Since the 18th century, the United States has lost half of its wetlands. In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to address water pollution, regulating, among other things, the discharge of pollutants into water bodies across the country.

Read on insideclimatenews.org/news/25032025/supreme-court-sackett-decision-threatens-wetlands-nrdc-study-finds/