Environmental Sites: Wetlands

• California Wetlands Information System
  Site provides comprehensive wetlands information to the general public, the educational community, and government agencies. It is a compilation of public and private sector information, including maps, environmental documents, agency roles in wetlands management, restoration and mitigation activities, regulatory permitting, and wetland policies. - site intro. Topics include: California's Wetlands: An Introduction; Vernal Pools; Geographic and Educational Information; Agency Roles and Responsibilities; Restoration and Mitigation Projects; How to obtain a wetlands permit; Wetland Policies; U.S. EPA Wetlands Protection Development Grant Tracking Wetland Gains; and What's New?
• California Wetlands Restoration Links
  Lists wetlands restoration projects in California.
• Irish Peatland Conservation Council
  Organization campaigns for the conservation of a representative sample
  of living intact Irish bogs and peatlands.
• NOAA Restoration Center
  The NOAA Restoration Center is a part of the Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (DARP) and, as such, participates in pursuing natural resource damage claims. Goals of the organization include: To restore degraded coastal and estuarine habitats that are used by or are beneficial to NOAA trust resources; To advance the science underlying coastal habitat restoration and developing improved technology for archiving successful restoration; and To transfer restoration technology to the private sector, public, and other governmental agencies at the federal, state, and local level. - site intro
• Ramsar Wetland Data Gateway
  Site provides access to data and information relevant to wetlands. It will eventually consist of a multilevel, multidisciplinary, diverse resource base - including spatial, tabular and graphic data - which can be searched via a suite of interfaces tailored to fit different user groups and/or varying levels of query complexity. - site intro. From the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Columbia University.
• Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary
  By Karen M. Manci and Karen A. Schneller-McDonald. Hosted by the USGS. - site intro
• River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
  Topics include: Definitions & Distinctions; Restoration Principles; Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices (a comprehensive manual on restoration); Draft "An Introduction to Wetland Restoration, Creation, and Enhancement"; Why do restoration? Benefits of Restoration; Who is doing restoration? Restoration Project Directory; a forum to add and update restoration projects; links to the Office of Research and Development/Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA); Inventory; State Restoration Links; Tribal Links; Private Organizations; International Restoration Links; Other Federal Wetland Restoration Links; EPA Regions Information; EPA Showcase Watersheds; EPA Assessment and Watershed Protection Division; Restoration Tool Kits EPA Publications; EPA Wetlands Hotline; Five Star Restoration Grant Program; Additional Funding Sources;
  Training Resources; Restoration Science Resources; Wetland Restoration and Creation for Wastewater Treatment; and Adopt Your Watershed.
• The San Francisco Bay and Delta - An Estuary Undergoing Change
  Monitoring and research programs on the San Francisco Bay and delta, by
  Frederic H. Nichols, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Wetland Restoration Bibliography
  An annotated bibliography originally developed and provided by the Midcontinent Ecological Science Center was the foundation for this bibliography. Northern Prairie Science Center developed a program for viewing and searching the bibliography on the Web. Northern Prairie Science Center is also adding recent literature citations to the data base. - site intro. Can add additional items to the bibliography.
• Wetlands Publications
  EPA publications on Wetlands including wetlands uses, protection and regulation.
• Wetlands Restoration Links by State
  Be sure to look at the symbol key before checking these sites.