Filtering by tag: wetlands ✕

Rows of green crop plants with a central dirt track leading to a tree-lined horizon

Wetlands: "Swampbuster" Remains Where WOTUS Ends

Farmlaw recently contributed a short article to Southern Ag Today (linked) on the distinction between wetlands protections modified by the recent Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA and those…

Bald cypress trees with buttress trunks surrounding a duckweed-covered swamp at sunset

Wetlands: Branan and Burchell Provide Overview on Jurisdiction Changes

On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Professor Michael Burchell, PhD and Associate Professor Robert Andrew Branan, JD presented a webinar on recent changes in wetlands protection policy at the national…

Stream flowing through a wooded area with tall trees and undergrowth

Water Law and Timber: Register for Webinar on Drainage and Wetlands Update May 25

The North Carolina Tree Farm Association and the Forestry Department at the NC State College of Natural Resources will host a webinar at noon on Thursday, May 25. The program - presented by Robert…

Aerial view of grassy and brown fields with a winding stream and adjacent leafless trees

Wetlands: New Fact Sheet Published on Wetlands Law and Protection

Once seen as a source of pestilence and waste of land, wetlands are now a central feature of federal and state natural resource protection policy for their water quality, wildlife habitat and coastal…

Salt marsh with tall green grasses and shallow tidal channels leading to a distant shoreline

WOTUS: Recording and Presentations From Recent Webinar

With the comment period on the Biden Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) proposed definition still open until February 7, 2022, please take some time to listen in on a recent webinar…

Water-filled drainage ditch running through plowed field to the horizon

WOTUS: Webinar to Address Proposed Changes to Clean Water Act Jurisdiction (1-11-2020 @10:30am)

There are many questions concerning the recent ruling by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to end the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), reverting to the pre-2015 "Clean Water Rule"…