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Call for input on wetlands regulations should catch South Dakotans’ attention

  • Brad Johnson

Duck hunters know the difference between a bird passing overhead and one circling the decoys. The first may vanish. The second deserves your full attention. A notice published July 24 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is beginning to circle South Dakota’s wetlands, and anyone who cares about birds, wildlife, flooding, water quality or […]

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Indiana DNR wetlands program found out of compliance by federal government

  • Jack Forrest

Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources has taken in at least $109 million in wetlands payments from landowners, but many of the projects supposed to offset disruption have stalled since the program’s launch in 2018. The state mitigation program is regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Per federal regulations, land acquisitions and initial improvements […]

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Lawsuits seek to overturn permit for road construction through Alaska wildlife refuge

  • Yereth Rosen

Two weeks before construction could begin on a controversial road that would cut through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge wetlands, three Western Alaska tribal governments and several environmental groups have filed new lawsuits seeking to block the project. Both complaints, filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, are seeking to overturn a key permit issued earlier […]