Tag: Wetlands

December 7, 2015

Piping Plovers May Not Benefit From Watershed Drainage

Draining watersheds may not be helping federally threatened plovers, according to new research. “We could be continually making it harder for them to maintain and grow their population because there’s...

September 25, 2015

Climate Change May Impact Northwest Mountain Amphibians

Warmer winters and the changing nature of precipitation may have negative effects on amphibians that live in the mountainous wetlands of the Pacific Northwest, according to new research. “What we...