TELLURIDE – Something of an outdoor museum in Telluride’s new intermediate expansion area, Prospect Bowl, is being monitored by a wetlands expert. The wetlands, called fens, are 10,000-years-old. And, ...

Reluctant Regulator on Alaska's North Slope For Oil Projects, Corps' Answer Is Almost Always 'Yes' September 12, 2000 By Michael Grunwald PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska -- Fourth of five articles ...

Western Slope communities now see water as a crucial ... Environmentalists are concerned about losing these wetlands, which are threatened by climate change. Delia Malone, an ecologist and ...

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling withdrawing protections for about half the streams and wetlands in Colorado, Western Slope Democrats have introduced a bill that would ...

Currently, all wetlands are equal. Ranking wetlands can be a slippery slope, said Denise Layne, executive director of the Coalition for Responsible Growth in Lutz. "If they're classified ...

They fear that given the 8-foot slope down to their land ... the local authority administering the state's Wetland Conservation Act. The 1991 law protects what remains of Minnesota's precious ...