As Manatee County leaders were poised for a final vote to restore local wetland protections, state officials shocked them with a last-minute opposition. Florida agencies get to review Comprehensive ...

Conservation buffers and strips. What do they all do? How do they protect surface water and can they work together with ...

Manatee County commissioners could be in for another fight with state officials as they try to reinforce the county’s ...

a greater buffer area would be created to separate the operations of the business and The Preserve, a large housing ...

Commissioners had strong reactions to state agencies' efforts to deter the county from reinstating 50-foot wetland buffers.

Lawsuits allege new regulations that expand wetlands and their adjacent areas by more than 3.5 million acres will imperil efforts to end NY's housing crisis.