Article: NWF expands criticism of federal wetlands protection programs.(Regulatory Program)

Valuable wetlands and waters in the U.S. Southwest are at risk as a result of deficient federal protection according to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). In a new report, Down The Drain: The Destruction of Waters and Wildlife in the Southwest, NWF charges the federal government, especially the Corps, for failure to properly administer wetlands protections under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

"Instead of carefully guarding these valuable resources on which so much of life in the Southwest depends, a directive issued by the administration in January 2003 effectively opened many to unlimited pollution and destruction," said Julie Sibbing, NWF's wetlands policy ...

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