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New Zealand Wetlands Podcast
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- Written by charlie
- Category: Books & Media
Other related stories featured on Our Changing World include the ecology of Waituna Lagoon, flipping (inversion) lakes, and monitoring water quality.
Advanced Topics in GIS
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- Written by charlie
- Category: Low Cost Mapping
The course description is as follows:
"A series of intensive lab sessions focused on specific computational languages (e.g., Python, R, shell) and tools (e.g., GDAL/OGR, InVEST, MGET, ModelBuilder) applied to the spatial analysis of environmental problems." and reviews Python Programming, the Open-Source QGIS program, Google Earth and Leaflet.
Connecticut's Changing Landscape - GIS
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- Written by charlie
- Category: GIS & Mapping
Its a evocative storyline with appealing maps and charts telling the story of Connecticut's changes in land use and how it affects natural areas and resources Some interesting tidbits from the presentation:
- Turf and grass now cover more of Connecticut than agricultural fields.
- Between 1985 and 2010, 29,661 acres in the riparian zone were converted to developed or turf & grass.
- In 2010, CT had 1716 watersheds with impervious cover levels indicative of poor watershed health, representing over 25% of the 6851 local basins in Connecticut.
Wetlands in the News
28 March 2024
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Wetlands are disappearing quickly across the United States
A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands — 95% of which are freshwater — covered less than 6% of the lower 48 states as of 2019. That is half the area they covered...
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Gorgeous 4K Footage of a Winter Starling Murmuration Swooping Over the Yorkshire Wetlands
Robert E Fuller captured gorgeous 4K footage of a winter starling murmuration swooping over the Ripon City Wetlands in Yorkshire, England.
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More stringent wetlands, stream oversight proposed as Colorado lawmakers aim to fill regulatory gap left by U.S. Supreme Court
Colorado lawmakers will consider a new proposal to replace federal stream protections wiped out by U.S. Supreme Court in 2023...
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As feds stand down, states choose between wetlands protections or rollbacks
For 200 miles, the Wabash River forms the border between Illinois and Indiana as it meanders south to the Ohio River. On the Illinois side, lawmakers are scrambling to pass a bill that would protect...
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New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report Finds Continued Decline of Wetlands - More Than Half of Wetlands in the Lower 48 States Are Gone
New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report Finds Continued Decline of Wetlands - More Than Half of Wetlands in the Lower 48 States Are Gone...