Weekly News of Interest
Listed below are links to news articles that may be of interest to the wetland community. Readers are encouraged to send links to recent articles, publications, and other resources pertaining to wetlands in their local area to Portia Osborne, Executive Director at news@nawm.org and reference “In the News” in the subject.
- When wetlands disappear, flood risks rise
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Wetlands restoration helps the environment and economy, researchers say
- Wetlands are warming as fast as the atmosphere. That’s bad news for salmon.
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Oil spill in Northern Michigan wetlands was 4 times larger than first estimated
- Miami-Dade commission clears way for heavy equipment center on protected wetland
- Citizen Scientists Are Transforming Wetland Restoration, New Study Shows
January 5, 2026 –
NAWM Comments on Updated Definition of "WOTUS"
The National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) submitted comments in response to the proposed rule, “Updated Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’,” EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322. The NAWM letter addresses the following key issue areas: 1) importance of working with states and tribes to define WOTUS; 2) definitions and implementation of “relatively permanent waters,” “tributary,” and “adjacent wetland”; 3) appropriateness of proposed tools for implementing jurisdictional tests; 4) proposed approaches to exclusions from WOTUS; and 5) elimination of interstate waters as a category of WOTUS. The full comment letter can be found here.