Wetlands

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Floating wetlands, porous asphalt and living walls are some of the ideas that universities, federal laboratories and private companies are developing to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

TEXARKANA, Ark. - Two environmental groups have asked a federal court to halt work on a coal-fired power plant near Fulton in southwest Arkansas, arguing that proper assessments of the plant's effect on valuable wetlands were never done.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Call it anti-World Cup fever: Campsites and budget-price game lodges in Zimbabwe are receiving bookings from South Africans trying to escape the frenzy of the world's biggest sporting event at home, according to tour operators and officials.

WASHINGTON - The director of the Fish and Wildlife Service died Saturday after suffering chest pains while skiing in Colorado.