Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking more funding to regulate activities that affect seasonal creeks, flooded fields and other landlocked wetlands that the U.S. Supreme Court removed from federal jurisdiction. The high court’s Sackett decision last year took federal oversight away from about 450,000 acres, or about half the wetlands in Washington, Ecology estimates. Federal oversight was overreaching and a burden to landowners, according to the majority opinion. The ruling limited the federal Clean Water Act to wetlands that are v...
