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Wetlands 101

Want to learn more about wetlands, but not sure where to start?

Here is some information, made especially for beginners.

Wetland Law & Policy

Federal, State and Local laws and policies have a major effect

on the study and treatment of wetlands, use this portal to explore the effects policy and law have on wetlands.


Wetland Plants & Hydrology

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Featured Picture

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Gouldsboro State Park, in Monroe and Wayne counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, contains 2,800 acres of land, including mature northern hardwoods ,wetlands and the 250-acre Gouldsboro Lake. Gouldsboro Lake was drawndown in January 2005 to study and repair structural damages found in the spillway. The lake had recently been refilled and opened to the public on Memorial Day, 2008.


Photo credit: Nicholas T



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External Links

EPA Wetland Data Sheet

National Wetlands Inventory

List of EPA programs- good resource

EPA Watershed site

USGS Wetland Guide

USGS Wetland Research

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simple.wikipedia.org sea.unu.edu

Good links

National Wetland Condition Assessment

Envcap

USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program

California Native Plant Society 2000 Handbooks


Wetlands in the News

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  1. Wetlands of Romney Marsh in Kent could become new home of nuclear waste dump
    Under the plans, hazardous nuclear waste would be buried between 200m to 1000m below the ground in underground vaults, while a research facility would be constructed on the surface.
  2. Clean up our Wetlands success
    A TRAILER full of rubbish was collected at Clean Up Our Wetlands last week.
  3. Wetlands board approved five shoreline applications during a meeting May 9
    The Gloucester County Wetlands Board approved five shoreline improvement applications and denied one during a meeting May 9 in the colonial courthouse.
  4. Are wetlands laws too strict?
    GROTON -- Concerned that the town's bylaws regarding wetlands protection may be worded too stringently, selectmen Monday night accepted a charge and decided on the makeup of a new Wetland's Bylaw Review Committee.
  5. $35m weir to quench thirst of wetlands
    A WORLD-first engineering project in the Riverland will try to save South Australia's internationally recognised Chowilla wetlands.
  6. Ducks Unlimited Canada and Canadian Light Source partnership to shed light on wetlands
    ( Canadian Light Source, Inc. ) Using the power of synchrotron light to better understand and protect Canada's wetlands is the objective of an agreement signed today between Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Canadian Light Source , Canada's national synchrotron facility. Under the agreement, Native Plants Solutions, DUC's environmental consulting division, will have access to the CLS's synchrotron ...
  7. Groton selectmen discuss wetlands panel
    GROTON -- Concerned that bylaws regarding wetlands protection may be too stringent, selectmen decided on the makeup last night of a new Wetlands Bylaw Review Committee.
  8. Lack of rain could threaten wetlands
    Aside from a continuous cycle of water and fish, wetlands recharge groundwater reservoirs, purify water and waste treatment.
  9. Population pressure impacts world wetlands
    (Phys.org) -- The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas that have experienced the largest increases in population in recent decades. These are the conclusions of a study conducted by CNRS and IRD researchers from the Laboratoire d'étude du ...
  10. Helping hand for Whangarei's wetlands
    Whangarei is home to some of Northland best wetlands and landowners are being encouraged to look after them in a new Northland Regional Council mailout.
   
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