Wetlands: Yes, Net Loss: News Releases

March 17, 2008  EAST COAST’S LARGEST UNDEVELOPED ISLAND SLATED FOR CARGO PORT — Development Scheme for Maine’s Sears Island Resurfaces Again after 12 Years

February 20, 2008  EPA KISSES OFF FLORIDA’S WETLANDS — Developer Sway in EPA Breeds Algal Blooms and Aquifer Contamination

January 29, 2008  WETLANDS WHISTLEBLOWERS IN WESTPORT PROCEED TO TRIAL — Legal Defense Fund Established for “Westport Four” Conservation Commissioners

August 8, 2007  MASSACHUSETTS POISED TO PAVE OVER WETLAND PROTECTIONS — Governor Wants Wetlands Permits Processed “At the Speed of Business”

July 31, 2007  MASSACHUSETTS CUTTING CITIZENS OUT OF PROTECTING WETLANDS — Environmental Groups Decry Gov. Patrick's Plan as Breaking Campaign Promises

May 29, 2007  VIRGINIA WETLANDS FIGHT SPARKS CHARGES — Top State Official Issues Threats and Calls for Silencing Corps Employees

December 5, 2006  EPA STIFLES INTERNAL WETLANDS PROTECTION PROTESTS — Political Appointees in DC to Vet All Objections to Army Corps Permits

October 11, 2006  EVERGLADES AREA LEFT OFF FEDERAL AND STATE FLOODPLAIN MAPS — Outsourced FEMA Mapping Produces Odd and Inconsistent Results

April 11, 2006  CORPS SUED TO FORCE RELEASE OF WETLANDS PROTECTION RECORDS — Downward Data Trend Showed Mounting Wetland Losses

December 8, 2005  DEVELOPERS REPRESENTED BY TOP EPA OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO PRISON — EPA Official Testified Against His Own Agency at Criminal Trial

August 4, 2005  NEW JERSEY ABANDONS ADDED STREAM PROTECTIONS — DEP Employees’ Recommendations Pushed Aside As Persistent Flooding Worsens; Press Conference Called For Today

July 5, 2005  DEP COMMISSIONER GAVE INSIDE INFORMATION TO DEVELOPERS — Campbell Helped Builder Skirt Clean Water Protections

May 18, 2005  TOP EPA OFFICIAL TESTIFIES AGAINST OWN AGENCY IN CRIMINAL TRIAL — Jimmy Palmer Sides With Developer Found Guilty of Water Pollution, Fraud and Conspiracy

April 28, 2005  STRONG WARNINGS ON SW FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT IGNORED — Fish &Wildlife Service Objections to Lee and Collier County Projects Muzzled

March 21, 2005  EVERGLADES RESTORATION STUCK IN THE MUD — Corps Memo Admits Delays, Cost Overruns and Uncertain Direction

March 17, 2005  LAWSUIT FILED TO SAVE VALUABLE TENNESSEE WETLANDS — Wetlands at Risk of Destruction under Misguided Federal Policy

October 5, 2004  TDEC LAX ON ENFORCEMENT AGAINST SEDIMENT POLLUTION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES

October 23, 2003  ARMY CORPS ISSUING MORE WETLAND PERMITS WITH LESS REVIEW — A Paper Exercise

October 22, 2003  WETLANDS POLLUTE, SAYS STUDY OKAYED BY EPA — EPA Biologist Resigns in Protest; Study Clears Way for SW Florida Developments

October 2, 2003  GROUPS PETITION EPA TO PROTECT WETLANDS IN SW FLORIDA — Western Everglades At Risk From Development

January 13, 2003  TDOT STREAM DREDGING PLAN VIOLATES LAW — Public Shut Out of Process, Environmentalists Claim

August 29, 2002  BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WETLANDS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATED — Embattled School President in Center of Controversy

October 9, 2001  WETLAND PROTECTIONS WANING — Army Corps Tells Staff More Development Needed to Help the Economy Recover

October 2, 2001  DEQ CENSORED WETLANDS REPORT — Key Findings & Recommendations Removed