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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

GIS & Mapping

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Featured Picture

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

Yahoo! News Search Results for wetlands

  1. Birding tour of Davis wetlands Aug. 7
    Members of the public are invited to experience summer at the City of Davis Wetlands with Yolo Basin Foundation docents on Saturday, Aug. 7. Local bird expert and Yolo Basin Foundation board member Terry Colborn will lead the tour from 9 to 11 a.
  2. âMarshmallow Manâ teaches about wetlands
    GAYLORD — “Whenever you eat a marshmallow, please think about how wetlands need our protection.”
  3. Garey fighting to restore disappearing Louisiana wetlands
    OBETZ, Ohio – While forward Jason Garey is in a battle to regain his starting position with the Columbus Crew , he is also engaged in another struggle away from the field.
  4. More water flows needed to save wetlands
    A plan to manage the internationally recognised Macquarie Marshes says much more water will have to be found to save some part of the degraded wetlands.
  5. Wildlife Groups Want $5B From BP For Wetlands
    Three wildlife organizations are coming together, saying BP needs to pay to rebuild the state's wetlands and barrier islands.
  6. Inland Wetlands Panel To Have Public Hearing
    The inland wetlands and watercourses agency has scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 245 DeKoven Drive.
  7. Marshes 'at risk from hurricanes'
    Freshwater coastal wetlands are more vulnerable to erosion during hurricanes than habitats with higher levels of salinity, a study suggests.
  8. Naturally Wallace Consulting Designs Remediation Systems For Petroleum Contaminated Sites Using Treatment Wetlands
    Petroleum producers faced with the challenge of remediating hydrocarbon contaminated sites regularly turn to Naturally Wallace Consulting (NWC) to solve this difficult challenge. NWC is the world leader in the design and construction of treatment wetlands for on-site bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated water.
  9. Is Habitat lot buildable or wetlands?
    MILFORD – Everything looked good on paper when the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity purchased Lot 26 on Tonella Road last year, planning to build a duplex for two local families. In August 2006, Tim Ferwerda, a soil and wetlands scientist for Meridian Land Services, had surveyed the lot, determining that the thin sliver close to the road was suitable for building despite an “extremely high ...
  10. Environmental officials say Michigan DNRE should deny wetlands permit to Consumers Energy
    At a public hearing in Hampton Township today, environmental officials and a Bay City resident urged Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment officials to deny a wetlands permit to Consumers Energy.
   
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