Posts by jhaag@sws.org
The Deepwater Horizon disaster and wetland
The Deepwater Horizon disaster and wetland Compiled by Dennis F. Whigham, Chair, Stephen W. Broome, Curtis J. Richardson, Robert L. Simpson and Loren M. Smith, SWS Environmental Concerns Committee Coastal wetlands are essential components of healthy and productive coastal fisheries, and nowhere within the lower 48 states has the critical linkage between wetlands and fisheries…
Read MoreSWS encourages regeneration of cypress forests
SWS encourages regeneration of cypress forests Authored by Past SWS President Christopher Craft On behalf of the Executive Board of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS), I write to support sound management and stewardship of cypress forests, including those harvesting practices that promote and ensure regeneration of the forest. The Society of Wetland Scientists is…
Read MoreIntroduction and summary of argument of 2006 Amicus brief
Introduction and summary of argument of 2006 Amicus brief In United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, lnc., this Court upheld Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands adjacent to open waters and other waters of the United States because such wetlands are “inseparably bound up” with those waters and Congress intended to enact a comprehensive program…
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