Sri Lanka plans to construct an international cricket stadium and a sports complex on the northern island of Mandaitivu.

Mandaitivu overlaps with mangroves and coastal wetlands in the ecologically sensitive Jaffna lagoon, and environmental groups warn that a construction on the low-lying island could reduce flood retention and increase climate vulnerability.

By Malaka Rodrigo

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/from-south-to-north-sri-lankas-cricket-dreams-undermine-fragile-ecosystems/
#news #conservation #environment #srilanka #cricket #flooding #climate #wetlands

Sri Lanka plans to construct an international cricket stadium and a sports complex on the northern island of Mandaitivu.

Mandaitivu overlaps with mangroves and coastal wetlands in the ecologically sensitive Jaffna lagoon, and environmental groups warn that a construction on the low-lying island could reduce flood retention and increase climate vulnerability.

By Malaka Rodrigo

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/from-south-to-north-sri-lankas-cricket-dreams-undermine-fragile-ecosystems/
#news #conservation #environment #srilanka #cricket #flooding #climate #wetlands

“Beavers are returning to river systems and wetland landscapes across parts of the UK, and it’s encouraging to see individuals moving through Norfolk too...We’re monitoring the situation carefully, but for now this is fantastic news for nature recovery.”
https://plantbasednews.org/animals/wildlife-cam-norfolks-first-wild-beaver/

#BeaversForBiodiversity #Beavers #Biodiversity #WildLife #Nature #Wetlands

“Beavers are returning to river systems and wetland landscapes across parts of the UK, and it’s encouraging to see individuals moving through Norfolk too...We’re monitoring the situation carefully, but for now this is fantastic news for nature recovery.”
https://plantbasednews.org/animals/wildlife-cam-norfolks-first-wild-beaver/

#BeaversForBiodiversity #Beavers #Biodiversity #WildLife #Nature #Wetlands

Stepping stones for some weird forest creature.

#Polesia #wetlands #fungi #polypore

Thank you to Jackson-Frazier Wetland and those who have worked to conserve it over the years. Without this enormous sponge right outside of town, we'd be in a lot more flood danger from these big rains.

Keep the wetlands you have. If possible, make and restore more. We're going to need them in the next century more than we ever have before.

#oregon #wetlands #corvallis

Stepping stones for some weird forest creature.

#Polesia #wetlands #fungi #polypore

Thank you to Jackson-Frazier Wetland and those who have worked to conserve it over the years. Without this enormous sponge right outside of town, we'd be in a lot more flood danger from these big rains.

Keep the wetlands you have. If possible, make and restore more. We're going to need them in the next century more than we ever have before.

#oregon #wetlands #corvallis

#SilentSunday #Polesia #wetlands #Ferns

#SilentSunday #Polesia #wetlands #Ferns

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working. - Inside Climate News

https://flip.it/CKRRRQ

> The annual report from the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program found all of the wetlands examined successfully trapped nutrients and shed new light on possible best practices.

#Environment #Conservation #Wetlands

…Fones Cliffs sits on the north side of the #Rappahannock River & is geologically unique because of its distinctive white diatomaceous earth—formed from fossilized remains of aquatic organisms from 5 million years ago when a shallow sea covered much of the area, acc/to Julia King, chair of the anthropology department at St. Mary’s College. #Wildlife experts said it’s a rare spot because its #wetlands are largely untouched & serve as an ideal habitat for bald eagles, fish & other animals.

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working. - Inside Climate News

https://flip.it/CKRRRQ

> The annual report from the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program found all of the wetlands examined successfully trapped nutrients and shed new light on possible best practices.

#Environment #Conservation #Wetlands

A mini pot of gold: Researchers discover new tiny fungi species in Alberta https://phys.org/news/2025-11-mini-pot-gold-tiny-fungi.html

"13 #NewSpecies of 'stubble #fungi'—so named because they resemble beard whiskers—have been described through a 13-year study... Found in areas ranging from a dog park in #Edmonton's river valley and a southern #Alberta farmyard to #wetlands and foothills #forests, the wee, pin-like fungi with large heads grow on #shrubs, on #DeadWood, and on native #trees"

#FungiFriday #Canada

A mini pot of gold: Researchers discover new tiny fungi species in Alberta https://phys.org/news/2025-11-mini-pot-gold-tiny-fungi.html

"13 #NewSpecies of 'stubble #fungi'—so named because they resemble beard whiskers—have been described through a 13-year study... Found in areas ranging from a dog park in #Edmonton's river valley and a southern #Alberta farmyard to #wetlands and foothills #forests, the wee, pin-like fungi with large heads grow on #shrubs, on #DeadWood, and on native #trees"

#FungiFriday #Canada

The #Trump admin proposed Monday to significantly limit the EPA’s authority to limit #pollution in #wetlands, #rivers & other bodies of #water across the country.

The proposed rule could strip federal #protections from millions of acres of wetlands & #streams, potentially threatening sources of clean #DrinkingWater for millions of Americans.

#climate #wildlife #law #EnvironmentalLaw #CleanWaterAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/epa-curbs-protections-for-wetlands.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The new definition would exclude #wetlands that abut or touch many intermittent #streams, which do not flow during dry periods. It also could exclude ephemeral streams, which sit dry for much of the year & fill up only after rainfall or snowmelt.

These changes could strip federal #protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85% of wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group.

#Trump #climate #wildlife #law #EnvironmentalLaw

A 2023 #SCOTUS decision set the stage for the action by limiting the agency’s power to police #wetlands. In the opinion in Sackett v. EPA, Justice #Alito wrote that the #CleanWaterAct allowed the #EPA to regulate only wetlands with a “continuous surface connection” to a “relatively permanent” body of #water.

But he did not explicitly define a “relatively permanent” body of water. Now, the #Trump admin is describing it as a body of water that flows year-round or during the “wet season.”

#law