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SWS Social Injustice Statement

June 3, 2020

The Society of Wetland Scientists stands united in our firm commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The racism we have witnessed most recently in the United States is, unfortunately, not new. It is part of a lengthy history of racism in the United States and globally. We may be tempted to look away from this…

New proposed rule posted, comment period ends April 15

February 18, 2020

The revised WOTUS Definition Proposed by the Engineers Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency was posted to the Federal Register on February 14. The document has a comment period that ends April 15, 2019. Science Societies WOTUS Comment Letter

SWS and Scientific Societies comment on EPA proposed Rule to update Clean Water Act regulations on water quality certification

October 21, 2019
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SWS and eight other scientific societies submitted comment letters on October 21, 2019 in opposition to the EPA’s proposed rule “Updating Regulations on Water Quality Certification” https://www.epa.gov/cwa-401/updating-regulations-water-quality-certification. The proposed rule provides no scientific basis for how it would contribute to upholding the mandate of the Clean Water Act to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and…

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