A fen is a kind of wetland bog that collects rich nutrients from peat and is continually saturated by groundwaters. This unusual ground of low acidity is right for some rare plants to grow and the ...

The solar-powered collars are controlled via an app. Cows are alerted by an audible tone when they approach the boundary, or ...

said the storm water could not go into a system that might impact the Savage Fen Wetland Complex below the bluff of the city hall campus. “We believe we’ve considered all of those things ...

The Floating Fen is a diverse property that’s home to a unique wetland that includes a bog-like area, “the floating fen,” from which the new preserve derives its name. Photo by Erik Danielson The ...

After decades of negotiation aided by the District, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in spring 2008 bought 106 acres of the 600-acre Seminary Fen wetlands complex, in Chaska and ...

Chinese water deer were the most populous (1,997), followed by red deer (1,172), muntjac (1,028) and roe deer (255). Red and ...

State-of-the-art technology is helping grazing livestock create ideal habitats for wetland species on the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire.

Cowardin et al. 1979 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Areas of marsh, fen, peatland, or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh ...

Cranes have appeared for the first time at a wetland nature reserve's newest habitat. The National Trust began a £1.8m peat restoration project in the autumn at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire ...

But peat locks the carbon away in the mud for hundreds or thousands of years so we really need to look after the wetlands we have left. This is Fiskerton Fen in Lincolnshire. A fen is another kind ...

Collars with electric pulses have been placed on cows' necks to help create wetland habitats in the fens. The 'Nofence' collars are part of a conservation grazing project at the Great Fen in ...