Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers and streams

The White House on Tuesday announced a new goal to protect millions of miles of wetlands, rivers and streams. 

As the White House hosts a “water summit,” it announced it wants to set a new national goal to protect 8 million acres of wetlands and 100,000 miles of rivers and streams. 

The quantities of water outlined in Tuesday’s announcement, while more specific, do not appear to be more ambitious than an existing goal of protecting 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters.