Tag: environmental defense fund
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EDF advocates for wetland protections
Wetlands are some of Earth’s most valuable ecosystems that offer a range of benefits, such as cleaning our water, providing critical habitat and supporting recreational industries. Importantly, wetlands also serve as natural infrastructure and protect communities from flooding, which is the costliest natural hazard in the United States. Despite these benefits, our nation’s wetlands are…
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Partner Takeover: Environmental Defense Fund
This week, we are featuring our next partner at Network for Engineering with Nature: Environmental Defense Fund, also known as EDF. EDF started off in 1967 as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer fighting to save osprey from a toxic pesticide. They successfully got the pesticide banned in the United States, catapulting the…

