Ecology’s buffer recommendations are based on a moderate-risk approach to protecting wetland functions. This means that by adopting Ecology’s recommendations, there is still a moderate risk that ...

For over 30 years, Manatee County had wetland buffer rules that shielded sensitive environmental areas from the effects of development and human activity. Wetlands are often described by ...

Any state regulated wetland also includes a 100' buffer around the outside edge which is known as the "adjacent area". Any development within this adjacent area may have a detrimental impact the ...

Farmers play a leading role in protecting our nation’s streams and wetlands. Over the last 15 years, the number of acres protected through wetland and buffer practices under the Conservation Reserve ...