Sentences with phrase «paving over a wetland»

Under the law, when builders drain or pave over wetlands they must restore others nearby, a process known as mitigation.

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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.