Chapter 647 of the 2025 Acts of Assembly established the Wetlands Policy Task Force (WPTF) under the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and charged the WPTF with evaluating existing policies regarding wetlands protection, restoration, creation, and mitigation in the Commonwealth and other states; recommending policy changes necessary to accelerate tidal and nontidal wetland identification, restoration, creation, and protection; and exploring emerging science and innovation to ensure wetland health and survival, with a report every two years.  This serves as the first report to meet this statutory requirement.