Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
103 followers · 1177 posts · Server sfba.social
#Wetlands that fell victim to past #SCOTUS and now #Sackett’s #CarbonBombs were home:
The native #Yokuts lived, fished and hunted along the shores of #TulareLake, where #elk and #antelope, countless #migratory #birds and #terrapins, #frogs and #fish teemed amid #tule reeds and #cattails. Tulare Lake, before it began to go dry in the late 1800s, was the largest #freshwater body #west of the #Mississippi #River.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/tulare-lake-peak-18128743.php
#wetlands #scotus #sackett #CarbonBombs #yokuts #tularelake #elk #antelope #migratory #birds #terrapins #frogs #fish #tule #cattails #freshwater #west #mississippi #river #landback
Caitlin · @ecologist
46 followers · 373 posts · Server kolektiva.social“The SCOTUS decision in the Sackett case has been published. Not a good day for wetlands, clean water, or public health.
"Wetlands that are separate from traditional navigable waters cannot be considered part of those waters, even if they are located nearby.”
"In sum, we hold that the CWA extends to only those “wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are ‘waters of the United States’ in their own right,” so that they are “indistinguishable” from those waters."” via National Association of Wetland Managers
#CleanWaterAct #CWA #waterquality #water #wetlands #scotus #sackett
#CleanWaterAct #cwa #Waterquality #water #wetlands #SCOTUS #sackett
