EP 106: Bill Cooksey, Sportsmen Outreach Director at Vanishing Paradise

  In Episode 106 of District of Conservation, Gabriella spoke to Bill Cooksey. Bill is a Sportsmen Outreach Coordinator at Vanishing Paradise, a project of National Wildlife Federation and Ducks Unlimited started in 2009 to advocate for restoration of the Mississippi River Delta. From meeting with legislators at the state Capitol to connecting outdoor industry leaders to the conservation movement, they are educating on the issue of coastal restoration in duck blinds, out on the water and in D.C. — and everywhere in between. Here's more on Bill's background: From his earliest memories in the river bottoms of West Tennessee, Bill’s [...]

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|2020-09-22T10:07:26-04:00September 22nd, 2020|Comments Off on EP 106: Bill Cooksey, Sportsmen Outreach Director at Vanishing Paradise

Giant African wetland boosts global methane emissions

The real culprit appears to have been found: It’s a giant wetland in East Africa.

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|2019-12-19T07:24:13-05:00December 19th, 2019|Comments Off on Giant African wetland boosts global methane emissions

Farmer’s decades-old wetlands nightmare continues in PA

When Robert Brace set out to convert pastureland to cropland on his farm in Erie County, little did he know that this simple, age-old farming practice would lead to decades of litigation that has cost him over a million dollars in fines and legal fees.

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|2018-03-20T08:39:13-04:00March 20th, 2018|Comments Off on Farmer’s decades-old wetlands nightmare continues in PA

Courts tackling Clean Water Act abuses

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the North Dakota-based Hawkes Co., which had planned to mine peat from property in Minnesota, could challenge in court a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) ruling declaring the property counted as “regulated wetlands” without first having to go through the costly process necessary to obtain a permit to disturb wetlands.

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|2016-07-22T08:33:09-04:00July 19th, 2016|Comments Off on Courts tackling Clean Water Act abuses

WOTUS — All ten of EPA’s regional wetland maps

Per multiple requests -- All ten of EPA's regional wetlands maps.

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|2014-09-02T08:21:36-04:00September 2nd, 2014|25 Comments

No court for you! Fifth Circuit denies right to appeal wetlands determinations

WOTUS run amok. Feds say you have wetlands and you disagree? No court for you!

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|2014-08-22T15:18:43-04:00August 22nd, 2014|4 Comments
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