This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

Delaware lawmakers are amending a newly introduced measure that aims to provide greater protections for the state’s nontidal, or freshwater, wetlands. The legislation, sponsored by state Sen.

Delaware is the only state in the Mid-Atlantic region without statewide wetland protections. That could soon change. Senate Bill 290 was introduced in the General Assembly last month, aiming to ...

In the woods and brush lands west of Townsend, Clayton and Dover, along the ridge that divides the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay drainage basin, are some of the most unique wetlands in the world. Some ...