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Ebb and Fla. Reporter Michael Grunwald gabs about his new book on the Everglades	Emily Gertz	27 Mar 2006	Arts and Minds
For about 5,000 years, the waters of the peninsula we now call Florida flowed south into the Kissimmee River. The Kissimmee emptied into enormous Lake Okeechobee, which in turn spilled over into a vast, shallow sheet that slid slowly along the nearly flat expanse of south Florida to the ocean. This was the complex and subtle ecosystem of the natural Everglades, a seemingly endless marsh re ...
Topics: Florida, wetlands (all these topics)

Marsh Madness Gloomy prospects for Louisiana's wetlands, says a new report		10 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Marsh Madness Gloomy prospects for Louisiana's wetlands, says a new report Louisiana's coastal marshes are screwed. That's the cheery news from an expert panel convened last year by the National Academy of Sciences. In a report released yesterday, the panel assessed a 10-year wetlands-restoration plan developed by the Army Corps of Engineers, concluding that the four credible parts of the five-part plan would slow coastal wetland ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, wetlands (all these topics)

Wet, Me Worry? Wetlands protection has gone downhill under Bush administration		14 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Wet, Me Worry? Wetlands protection has gone downhill under Bush administration The Bush administration has radically curtailed protection of wetlands and waterways in the past four years, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. It found that prior to 2001, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asserted its jurisdiction over most waters if migratory birds could use them -- even those that were isolated and non ...
Topics: news, politics, wetlands (all these topics)

Hapless Wetlands Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases		13 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Hapless Wetlands Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases The first U.S. Supreme Court session under Chief Justice John Roberts will feature two cases pitting government regulatory power against private property rights -- precisely the area where greens most fear Roberts' jurisprudence. Both cases originated in Michigan, and ask whether the federal government has jurisdiction under the Clean W ...
Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

System of a Drown The long history of political bungling that sank New Orleans		10 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
System of a Drown The long history of political bungling that sank New Orleans In "The Slow Drowning of New Orleans," The Washington Post's Michael Grunwald and Susan B. Glasser trace the centuries-long history of shortsighted greed and political expediency that left the Crescent City vulnerable to disaster. In recent decades, Louisiana has received more Army Corps of Engineers funding than any ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana, news, wetlands (all these topics)

Gulf Toast Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution		21 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Gulf Toast Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution The Gulf Coast's estuaries, wetlands, and cypress swamps are hurting in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The storm damaged 25 national wildlife refuges, and recovery costs are expected to be at least $93 million -- about a quarter of the federal refuge budget. In Mississippi's Noxubee refuge, pine trees crucial ...
Topics: Louisiana, Mississippi, news, oceans, toxics, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

The Coastest With the Leastest Coastal-ecology degradation contributed to Katrina's destructive force		02 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
The Coastest With the Leastest Coastal-ecology degradation contributed to Katrina's destructive force Far from being solely a "natural" disaster, Hurricane Katrina's impact was compounded by human alterations of the Gulf Coast ecology. Complex levee and canal systems built to protect New Orleans from being flooded by the Mississippi River, and to improve the river as a shipping channel, have also preve ...
Topics: Coastal Erosion, Louisiana, news, wetlands (all these topics)

Marsh o'Potamia Once-vast marshlands being restored in Iraq		25 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Marsh o'Potamia Once-vast marshlands being restored in Iraq The marshlands of Iraq, drained nearly dry by Saddam Hussein, are making a surprisingly robust comeback. Seen by some as the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden, the lush wetlands once covered nearly 3,600 square miles near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Mid-century drainage projects took a toll, but the marshes were primarily destroyed by Hussein ...
Topics: Iraq, news, wetlands (all these topics)

No Refuge Is an Island Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture	Robert L. Fischman	12 Apr 2005	Soapbox
Sun-drenched Pelican Island in Florida is about as far from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as you can get in the United States. At first blush, the 5,000-acre warm marsh would seem to have little connection to the 19 million-acre stretch of mountains and tundra. But they are inextricably linked. A buff-breasted sandpiper. � Subhankar Banerjee, from his book Arctic National Wildlife ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, mining and drilling, wetlands, wilderness (all these topics)

De-Fence, De-Fence U.S. border fencing project may harm sensitive ecological area		11 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
De-Fence, De-Fence U.S. border fencing project may harm sensitive ecological area A half-mile-wide canyon and estuary situated on the U.S.-Mexico border just 12 miles from San Diego, Calif., is the locus of a conflict between environmentalists and the feds. The ecologically sensitive marshland is part of a 3.5-mile gap in secondary fencing at the border, making it a sweet spot for illegal immigrants and, speculate H ...
Topics: Mexico, news, United States, wetlands (all these topics)

Marshing Our Mellow Legendary Iraqi marshes slowly on the mend		23 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Marshing Our Mellow Legendary Iraqi marshes slowly on the mend Despite certain, er, unfortunate events elsewhere in the country, one part of Iraq, subject to some of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein's worst crimes, is experiencing a glimmer of hope. For years after the 1991 Gulf War, much of Hussein's industrial machinery was turned toward a massive dam-building project that drained some 90 percent of the southern wetlands where Marsh ...
Topics: Iraq, news, wetlands (all these topics)

Wet's It to You?		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wet's It to You? Goods and services provided by wetlands across the globe are worth some $70 billion, claims a new study released by the World Wildlife Fund, but those wetlands are in danger of being destroyed. Valuable wetland functions range from recreation to water filtration and flood control; however, insufficient knowledge about wetlands leads policy-makers t ...
Topics: outdoor recreation, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States A recent flurry of announcements from the Bush administration about proposed funding increases for environmental projects -- including salmon restoration and brush clearing in the Northwest, Everglades protection in Florida, and cleanup of the Great Lakes -- has some enviros suspiciou ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Round and Round They Go Florida's Top Environmental Regulator Takes Job With Company He Regulated		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Round and Round They Go Florida's Top Environmental Regulator Takes Job With Company He Regulated Florida's top environmental official, David Struhs, resigned Wednesday to take a job with International Paper, a company he did controversial favors for while in office. As head of the Florida Department of Environmental Prot ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, Florida, politics, Sierra Club, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

They're Going to Pump You Up Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases		14 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
They're Going to Pump You Up Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases In what court-watchers are calling an unusually in-depth review of environmental issues, the Supreme Court is set to hear two cases today with potentially nationwide implications for clean ...
Topics: ... environmental justice, Florida, national parks, Northeast, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Southeast, toxics, West, wetlands (all these topics)

Oh, Yes! It's Mr. Bill! Mr. Bill to Serve as Spokesperson for Louisiana Coastal Campaign		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Oh, Yes! It's Mr. Bill! Mr. Bill to Serve as Spokesperson for Louisiana Coastal Campaign With a $14 billion, 30-year restoration plan -- potentially the largest public works project in American history -- at stake, an educational campaign meant to raise awareness about Louisiana's eroding coastal marshes has turned to the one voice capable of spanning generations, artic ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Erosion, green living, Louisiana, oceans, wetlands (all these topics)

Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone More than half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week told President Bush to back off from proposed changes that would reduce protections for wetlands and streams under the Clean Water Act. In a letter sent to Bush, 218 representatives, including 26 Republicans, asked the administration to abandon a ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act If you appreciate clean waterways and coastlines, you have the Clean Water Act to thank -- and President Bush to fear. Earlier this year, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal that would make it easier for polluters and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, ...
Topics: lakes, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Wetland's End Bush administration floats new plan that would gut wetland protections	Amanda Griscom	19 Nov 2003	Muckraker
It's close to a nightmare scenario and at the very least it's a very bad dream." That's how Jim Murphy, wetlands and water resources counsel at the National Wildlife Federation, characterized a draft-stage rewrite of a Clean Water Act rule, which was leaked to The Los Angeles Times by a top government official earlier this month. The rewrite has been in the works since January ...*
Topics: air pollution, Muckraker, politics, wetlands (all these topics)

Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case		13 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case A 20-year battle over chromium pollution in northern New Jersey came to an end yesterday when three companies agreed to pony up $17 million to clean hundreds of sites contaminated by the deadly chemical. From the 1890s to the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, land degradation, New Jersey, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, wetlands (all these topics)

They Blinded Me With Pseudo Science Bush Administration Waves Off Scientists Whose Findings Are Inconvenient		12 Nov 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Department of Interior, Florida, Missouri River, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

They Blinded Me with Pseudo Science The Bush administration is jettisoning real scientists in favor of yes-men	Amanda Griscom	12 Nov 2003	Muckraker
Craig Manson. Photo: USFWS. In the final days of October, Craig Manson, assistant Interior secretary for fish and wildlife and parks, dealt a "Godfather"-style blow to a team of government biologists that was about to release a final report with flow recommendations for the Missouri River -- a blow that could have a sizable ripple effect on the ri ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Shrink Rap Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking, and Some ATV Owners See a New Playground		23 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Shrink Rap Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking, and Some ATV Owners See a New Playground If you're feeling a little low today, just consider the fate of Utah's Great Salt Lake -- which is feeling even lower, we guarantee. Following five years of drought, the famed lake is experiencing near-record lows and is dropping at a rate of about an inch per week. As a result, the surrounding wetlands -- prime insect an ...
Topics: lakes, outdoor recreation, Utah, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Muddy Water EPA Analysis Finds Clean Water Act Changes Would Cause Major Setback		05 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Muddy Water EPA Analysis Finds Clean Water Act Changes Would Cause Major Setback An internal analysis conducted by the U.S. EPA has found that a Bush administration plan to alter clean water rules could result in more than half of the mid-Atlantic's streams and one-third of its wetlands losing protection under the federal Clean Water Act. That, in turn, would leave more than 3 million pe ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Dam Shamer		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: dams, energy, European Union, food and agriculture, rivers and watersheds, Spain, wetlands (all these topics)

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