The National Research Council (NRC) committee recommends that EPA adopt a watershed-based permitting system that would encompass all discharges -- including stormwater and wastewater -- that impact waterways in a particular drainage basin, rather...
1,355 species of plants and animals are protected by a group of government agencies including NOAA, US Fish and Wildlife, MMPA and NMFS. Learn more about the laws that help to protect Endangered Species in the US.