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As we continue to celebrate American Wetlands Month, we encourage you to look at the plants in your area. One way to tell ...
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NWI plants 19,000 native trees, shrubs
Northwest Watershed Institute planted 19,000 native trees and shrubs along wetlands and streams in the Tarboo Valley during ...
It is only fitting that the month of May also marks the annual observance of American Wetlands Month, a celebration of one of ...
"It has pretty far-reaching impacts." Utah is just one story. This plant has become a major problem in wetlands across the United States, where it dominates areas that should be filled with a ...
Its vegetation is unlike any other wetland in the state. Anne C. Cox is president of the Florida Native Plant Society, and she’s studied the flora of Jonathan Dickinson for years. “ ...
A wide variety of birds, plants and animals live in wetlands. It’s not unusual for visitors to spy osprey, great blue herons, great egrets and even bald eagles, along with a wide variety of ...
Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing native plants to move back in is difficult.
But they still have a lot of work to do. In restored wetlands, wocus plants often need to be reintroduced. A process for growing these plants from seed was only recently developed, along with some ...
Warming temperatures can ramp up the activity of methane-producing bacteria in wetland soils, adding to methane emissions.