Congressional leaders will gather in mid-April for hearings on the future of wetlands in America. Much hinges on their ability to generate momentum toward lasting legal protections for these incomparable resources. We have lost more than half of our country's natural wetlands and continue to lose them at a rate of 80,000 acres per year. What's worse, the fabric of our current wetlands protection laws has been worn threadbare.
Clean Water Act
Words crucial to saving wetlands
(via www.bismarcktribune.com)
Submitted by jcs44 on Wed, 2008-04-09 23:40. | Tags: politics | Clean Water Act | supreme court | wetlands