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June 18, 2018

New EPA rules could end wetlands banks

  • Replacing the Waters of the United States rule, or WOTUS, would reduce the number of protected wetlands and the need to buy mitigation credits.
    • By JASON DEAREN
    Associated Press

    GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A private firm is making big money selling promises about some gator-infested Florida swampland.

    The Panther Island Mitigation Bank isn’t another land boondoggle, but part of a federal system designed to restore wetlands across the United States. Panther Island’s owners preserved one of the nation’s last stands of virgin bald Cyprus, 4 square miles on the western edge of the Everglades where they cleared away invasive plants and welcomed back wood storks, otters and other native flora and fauna.


     
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