The Manatee County Commission approved a developer’s request to release conservation easements for about 10 acres of wetland buffers around Cooper Creek in the University Park area. Cooper Creek is a ...

The Manatee County Commission approved a developer’s request to release conservation easements for about 10 acres of wetland buffers around Cooper Creek in the University Park area.

A mere 4,000-square-foot wetland is a significant water storage area because planners must consider a third dimension — depth. At just one foot deep, a 4,000-square-foot wetland would hold 4,000 ...

Manatee County commissioners expressed outrage at the state’s opposition to their plan to restore wetland protections. Storm clouds over a wetland area at Myakka River State park in Manatee ...

PORTAGE | The Stormwater Management Board has tabled a request to infringe on a portion of a wetland to allow the construction of several self-storage buildings.

He said the city is aware of a wetland that’s to the southwest of the site. He said there’s an existing wetland buffer that extends into the corner of the proposed project area.

A Long Island contractor, who was sued in May for building a parking lot and storage facility in a protected wetland area in West Babylon, must now pay $121,000 and restore the wetland buffer.

EVERETT — Snohomish County Council will likely decide on Wednesday if buffers to wetlands, streams and other critical habitats will be cut in half for development opportunities. For the past ...