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wetlands

noun

plural of wetland

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development

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Recent Examples of wetlands Unsurprisingly, the idea of comically long private paths snaking through fragile wetlands so a lucky few can get to their boats wasn’t popular with the public. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Ecosystems like wetlands, rivers and lakes play an important role in protecting biodiversity and protecting communities from disasters like floods, making conservation powerful for both nature and people. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 This bill restricted the ability of Manatee County, for example, to protect wetlands under the guise of emergency management legislation. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 Landowner Wayne Cooke wanted to sell when Costco put forward a development proposal in 2015, but the project couldn’t secure approval from the wetlands board. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026 Around a third of methane emitted into the atmosphere comes from natural sources like wetlands, with the rest from anthropogenic sources such as cattle, rice farming, landfills and biomass burning. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 That includes the 30x30 program to conserve 30% of California’s land and coastal waters by 2030, advanced protections for wetlands and new efforts to rein in the use of harmful pesticides and single-use plastic. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The Mescalero Apache traditionally lived on hills above the creeks and wetlands to avoid rising water and mosquitoes, Walsh Padilla said. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

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Coastal development can also prevent marshes from migrating inland as tides rise, resulting in habitat loss.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2026
Flores owns a private island in Louisiana’s marshes called Little Pecan.

— Rachel Nostrant, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of marshes

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Hilly woods or swamps with lots of folds, ditches, and creeks are best for ground hunting.

— Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Staying safe from alligators in Florida Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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