State Wetlands Group Eliminates Key Slots After EPA Deobligates Grants

The National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM), a group that seeks to “build capacity” for state and tribes to protect wetlands, is eliminating four positions and its current executive director is stepping down, due to funding challenges after EPA deobligated several grants and sought to cut ties with the group. Maria Stelk, the departing executive director, announced the changes in an Oct. 6 statement that blames the Trump administration’s “disdain” toward nonprofits that led to the grants’ deobligation. “NAWM must...