Wetlands are some of the US’s most valuable and endangered environments. It’s now up to local action to preserve them.

The March 30 announcement arrived with the bluntness that has become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s environmental retreat: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has served as the nation’s primary wetland guardian for over half a century, declared that it is “getting out of the business of regulating wetlands.” This followed a seismic shift at the Environmental Protection Agency…

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