In North Carolina alone, 2.5 million acres of isolated wetlands are vulnerable to being drained and developed because such activities no longer require a permit.

A provision in last year’s North Carolina Farm Act declared that state wetlands protections could not be any stricter than those defined by the federal Clean Water Act, a change that exposes ...

As a result of the North Carolina Farm Act of 2023 (Session Law 2023-63), North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ or the Department) may now only regulate wetlands that are ...

For North Carolina, the answers range from bad to worse, with the analysis determining that anywhere between 14% and 100% of the state’s non-coastal wetlands could be open to development.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality estimates that nearly half of the wetlands in North Carolina – 2.5 million acres – could lose protection due to the Sackett decision and Section 15 ...

NC Gov. Cooper signed an executive order that sets targets to conserve and restore millions of acres of forests and wetlands and plant 1 million new trees in urban areas by 2040.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said a series of environmental directives and goals he initiated to protect and restore forests and wetlands in the state will help counter climate change and aid ...

She said that from August 2023 through February, developers in North Carolina asked federal regulators for guidance on whether wetlands on their property were covered by the Clean Water Act 48 times.

North Carolina is the sole state in the southeast in which the 2023 WOTUS Rule is applied. In May 2023, the landscape changed dramatically when the United States Supreme Court released its Sackett v.

An intergovernmental report concludes that if the world's wetlands continue to vanish and deteriorate it may equate to tens ...

For North Carolina, the answers range from bad to worse, with the analysis determining that anywhere between 14% and 100% of the state’s non-coastal wetlands could be open to development.