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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

Networking

Miscellaneous

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

articlemyriad

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. Dumbarton Bridge wetlands area restored
    MENLO PARK — Tens of thousands of birds are expected to flock to a restored salt marsh along the Dumbarton Bridge in the San Francisco Bay.
  2. Ambler examines options for protecting wetlands
    The Ambler Borough Planning Commission examined possible ways to protect wetland areas within the borough at a special meeting Aug. 31.
  3. Barkhamsted Inland Wetlands Commission accepts application to repair drainage pond in town (with video)
    BARKHAMSTED — The Inland Wetlands Commission unanimously accepted an application to repair a drainage pond in town that is causing erosion problems.
  4. Wetlands permit approved for Mystic subdivision
    Mystic - The Stonington Inland Wetlands Commission has approved a permit that developer David Lattizori needs to build a 37-lot subdivision on the Perkins Farm property off Jerry Browne Road.
  5. Chelsea considers wetlands plan
    CHELSEA -- The town's plan to restore wetlands along Windsor Road is the subject of a public meeting tonight in Chelsea.
  6. Hearings On Concerns Of Re-Establishing Whooping Cranes Into Wetlands
    The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will host two public hearings this month to determine if there are concerns on the proposal to re-establish a non-migratory flock of whooping cranes in the wetlands of southwestern Louisiana. Public hearings will be held: Sept. 15, 2010 Gueydan Civic Center, 901 Wilkinson St., Gueydan, LA ...
  7. Restoring coastal wetlands? Check the soil
    Rising sea levels and coastal development are threatening coastal freshwater wetlands with saltwater intrusion. While most ecosystem restoration projects have focused on surface water and groundwater, new research finds that conditions in the vadose zone, the unsaturated soil below the surface but above the water table, are of particular importance to seedling survival in coastal floodplain ...
  8. Wetlands restoration along Dumbarton Bridge speeds up Bay renaissance
    Project expected to bring thousands of birds to former Cargill salt evaporation pond.
  9. Some see wetlands loss as threat greater than any spill
    The loss of wetlands looms as the largest threat facing the region - larger and more immediately dire than the summer's oil disaster.
  10. Given up for dead, lost wetlands springing back to life in south county
    Imagine taking a swath of wetlands larger than the city of Napa— some 20 square miles —  home to a rich diversity of aquatic andbird life ... then trashing it.
   
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