Weekly News of Interest
Listed below are links to news articles that may be of interest to the wetland community. Readers are encouraged to send links to recent articles, publications, and other resources pertaining to wetlands in their local area to Portia Osborne, Executive Director at news@nawm.org and reference “In the News” in the subject.
- Judge yanks permit for Louisiana wetland project in victory for environmental groups
- Sunnyvale, Mountain View violated Clean Water Act by polluting creeks, court rules
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Mount Pleasant considers ordinance to strengthen isolated wetland protections
- New Wetland Brings Life to L.A.'s Industrial River Corridor
- Managed Wetlands Prove a Culinary Hot Spot for San Francisco Bay Fish
Comment Letter – January 5, 2026 –
NAWM Comments on Updated Definition of "WOTUS"
The National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) submitted comments in response to the proposed rule, “Updated Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’,” EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322. The NAWM letter addresses the following key issue areas: 1) importance of working with states and tribes to define WOTUS; 2) definitions and implementation of “relatively permanent waters,” “tributary,” and “adjacent wetland”; 3) appropriateness of proposed tools for implementing jurisdictional tests; 4) proposed approaches to exclusions from WOTUS; and 5) elimination of interstate waters as a category of WOTUS. The full comment letter can be found here.