The governor’s administration had moved to allow housing development in certain unmapped wetlands and to cut in half the buffer zone around wetlands.

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida has been granted wider authority over wetland development by the federal government, but the move came under immediate fire by environmentalists who worry the ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will not appeal the court ruling that struck down its stricter ...

Experts hope a new floating wetland project will bring back natural “edge habitat” that disappeared when developers reshaped ...

A line of development stretches across Southwest Louisiana, where a new law looks to redefine what wetland areas need permitting for development. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator. Aerial support ...