The End of the Everglades?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sara Beardsley
- Source
- Scientific American. 294:14-15
- Subject
- geography
Federal jurisdiction
Multidisciplinary
geography.geographical_feature_category
Political science
Law
Wetland
Supreme court
- Language
- ISSN
- 0036-8733
The article reports that two cases before the Supreme Court may have dire effects for U.S. wetlands. Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers both consider how far federal jurisdiction extends over wetlands. The cases could put 90% of U.S. wetlands at risk by transferring their control to the states, many of which have no wetlands protection programs. INSET: FOR WETLANDS, BAD ACCOUNTING.