For the next few months, the various federal agencies will be meeting, reviewing the comments and deciding whether to approve or modify the Corps' proposal. Now, the Administration needs to hear from citizens about the importance of protecting wetlands. Please be sure to participate in national wetlands call-in day. The Administration must reject the current proposal on NWP 26. Instead, the White House should develop a plan that will help achieve the Administration's goal of having an annual net gain of 100,000 acres of wetlands by 2005.
Wetlands are important to America.
They clean drinking water, help filter pollution out of waterways, protect communities from floods, and sustain fish and wildlife. Environmental and community organizations are closely monitoring proposed changes to Nationwide Permit 26 and are working hard to ensure that wetlands receive stronger, not weaker, protections. Contribute to the League of Women Voters. Sign up to receive important updates. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper.