The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) has approved $21.7 million in grants to support 16 habitat protection and restoration projects in 11 counties across California. … Among the awards is a $559,000 acquisition by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to protect 120 acres near Bridgeville in Humboldt County. The property includes a rare peat fen wetland — a sensitive, permanently saturated natural wetland community ranked as “critically imperiled” — along with mixed evergreen hardwood and riparian forest. The fen provides a cold-water source for endangered summer steelhead trout in the Van Duzen River.

Other wetland conservation news:

• Utah Geological Survey: Blog: The hydrogeology and ecology of the Matheson Wetlands Preserve – a connected story​