Pine flats in the Croatan National Forest: Generally, wetlands in these areas are not connected on the surface to other waterways. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)A new executive order asks state cabinet agencies to permanently conserve and reforest North Carolina’s wetlands and to plant urban trees, activities that could replenish 3 million acres by 2040. Gov. Roy Cooper yesterday issued Executive Order 305, essentially an environmental rebuttal to judicial and legislative actions that stripped protections from 2.5 million acres of wetlands in North Carolina. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “isolated wetlands” don’t meet the legal threshold for regulation under the Clean Water Act, exposin
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