The proposal would limit what wetlands are considered "waters of the U.S." to areas that are continuously linked to permanent ...

Many development projects that previously required Clean Water Act permits will no longer need them, though litigation challenging the rule is expected. On November 17, 2025, the Environmental ...

For decades, developers and environmental groups have disagreed about the scope of the Clean Water Act. The definition under scrutiny – the “Waters of the United States”, also known as WOTUS, ...

“Our navigable lakes have always been and should always remain ‘lakes’ and not regulated wetlands,” asserted Republican-Conservative Assembly candidate Andrew Molitor. “It is completely unnecessary ...

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is looking to update the definition of coastal wetlands in some areas of statute, but lawmakers have questions about how much it could affect ...

Democrats, environmental groups and business leaders are denouncing a bill that they say would further erode protections for Indiana’s already shrinking wetlands. Senate Bill 414, which deals with ...

The Trump administration has proposed changing the definition of wetlands to limit which bodies of water are protected under the EPA's Clean Water Act.

South Dakota’s wetlands aren’t just pretty places on a map; they’re our lifeline, filtering drinking water, keeping rivers ...

After the loss of key federal wetlands protections in 2023, scientists are warning the damage this change could bring to wetlands would also bring billions of dollars of flood damage with it.

With North Carolina recently suffering historic flooding damage, in the east from 2016's Hurricane Matthew and 2018's Hurricane Florene and in the west from last year's Tropical Storm Helene, ...

The change would codify a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that removed federal protections for wetlands that are either seasonal or aren’t connected to streams, lakes, rivers and oceans. The case was ...

The U.S. EPA’s revised definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act would reduce permitting needs ...