Under the law, when builders drain or
pave over wetlands they must restore others nearby, a process known as mitigation.
Not exact matches
This often involves growing expanses of impermeable concrete that
pave over critical environments such as
wetlands and prairie lands that absorb floodwaters, thereby increasing downstream runoff.
To accommodate mass development of coastlines, flood plains and
wetland areas were
paved over, decimating an important source of natural flood control.
The industry wants to build enormous shipping terminals that would
pave over fields, fill
wetlands, and destroy estuaries.