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The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) is a 1990 United States federal law that provides funds for wetland enhancement. [1] The law is implemented by federal and state agencies, focusing on restoration of lost wetlands of the Gulf Coast , as well as protecting the wetlands from future deterioration.
The Fergus Falls Wetland Management District is a protected area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was established in 1962 with the initiation of the Accelerated Small Wetlands Acquisition Program. It is located in west central Minnesota and includes the counties of Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena and Wilkin.
According to the Center for American Progress: "The Gulf region suffers the most coastal land loss of any region in the United States." Louisiana alone, which holds 40 percent of wetlands in the continental United States, loses wetlands equivalent to the area of the size of a football field every half-hour —about 80 percent of all wetland losses.
Endowment seeks to ensure sustainability of America's Everglades
Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order laying out an aggressive plan to conserve, restore and grow the state's natural resources, including forests, wetlands and urban ...
Scout Motors and Richland County are proposing to protect some 5,000 acres near Congaree Park in exchange for destroying more than 100 acres of wetlands and ponds, and miles of streams for a new ...
"No Net loss" is the United States government's overall policy goal regarding wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland loss due to economic development with wetlands reclamation, mitigation, and restorations efforts, so that the total acreage of wetlands in the country does not decrease, but remains constant or increases.
Much of the site will still be open space with a minimum 20-foot buffer around all wetlands and include wetland retainers and buffers, street and landscape buffers, storm water facilities and ...