##  [Alberta lays out new wetlands rules after months of ‘divisive’ consultation](/portal/wetland-knowledge/news/alberta-lays-out-new-wetlands-rules-after-months-divisive) 

    **Dec 15th, 2025** 

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## Industry pushed for drainage; environmental groups discouraged by plan

The Alberta government says it has landed on new policy reforms that will oversee the province’s wetlands — those “sponges” on the landscape that act as “nature’s kidneys.”

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