sloughs and bogs. The newly adopted regulations amend the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, which was originally passed in 1975 and began having amendments in 2022. The update defines new key ...

South Carolina’s wetlands include salt marshes along the coast, but the majority are freshwater bogs that dot the entire state, even as far inland as the mountains. Most of the state’s ...

turtles and other freshwater species. More than 40% of the country’s fish and turtles are at risk of extinction, primarily because of habitat loss and development, pollution, poaching, invasive ...

Meanwhile, the southern bog turtle is disappearing as nonnative plants invade ... The southeastern United States is a global hotspot of diversity for fish, turtles and other freshwater species, ...

Chautauqua County is leading the league in lawsuits seeking to invalidate the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Regulations. A second lawsuit asking a court to overturn the regulations was filed Wednesday ...