The root systems of wetland plants then absorb nutrients from the sediment ... their recharge capacity and may adversely affect the surrounding soil moisture during dry periods. Where the water table ...

Once a flourishing part of extensive riparian habitats in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, the Huachuca water umbel has been reduced to a handful of discontinuous clumps in a handful ...

Often conjuring images of dank, smelly, mosquito-infested wastelands, upon closer look, wetlands are actually biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. Home to a variety of plant life ...

Beaufort County’s wetlands are disappearing and a Supreme Court decision removed many of their protections. Environmental groups are encouraging local governments to fill the void.

The Dixie Valley toad is a small amphibian that lives in just one spring-fed wetland in Churchill County. It is threatened with extinction by a geothermal power plant that could dry up its wetland ...