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PUBLICATIONS
National    
NSDI report icon Wetlands Layer - National Spatial Data Infrastructure: A Phased Approach to Completion and Modernization. December 2007. (PDF  document .7MB) Riparian report front page A System for Mapping Riparian Areas in the Western United States; (PDF document) Riparian Standard Proposal (PDF document)
Classification of Wetlands Manual Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States; Cowardin et al. 1979
Use form 1556-1A to purchase manual (price list).
Report cover Geographically Isolated Wetlands: A Preliminary Assessment of their Characteristics and Status in Selected Areas of the United States (multiple part PDF document)(PDF document)(PDF document w/o images)
Wetland Losses report icon Wetland Losses in the United States: 1780's to 1980's. 1990. (PDF document) Recently Added On-line The US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory Project 1995 (PDF document .5MB)
Recently Added On-line NWI Maps Made Easy. 1991 (PDF document)   Delivering Digital Wetlands Data Using a Web-Based Browser-Driven Mapper. March, 2000.

Regional
   
  Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Plan - Great Lakes Commission   Mid-Atlantic Wetlands a Disappearing Natural Treasure. 1987. (PDF document 15.7MB)
  Wetlands of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. 2003. (PDF document)   Wetlands of Staten Island, 2000, (PDF document 6.4MB)
  Wetlands of Saratoga County, 2000, (PDF document 6.8MB) Eastern SD Wetlands report cover page Eastern South Dakota Wetlands
  West Virginia's Wetlands, Uncommon, Valuable Wildlands. 1996. (PDF document 5.3MB)   Texas Coastal Wetlands, 1997. (PDF document)
Upper Yellowstone Project report cover page Upper Yellowstone River Mapping Project, 2001 (PDF document) Nanticoke River report cover page Watershed-based Wetland Characterization for Maryland's Nanticoke River and Coastal Bays Watershed: A Preliminary Assessment Report, 2000 (PDF document)
Yellowstone report cover page Wetland Resources of Yellowstone National Park, 2000 (PDF document)    

Wetlands Status and Trends:
National Reports
   
Status and Trends report front page Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 1998 to 2004. (Dahl, T.E. 2006) (PDF document 12MB) (printer version PDF document 32MB) Status and Trends report icon Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 1986 to 1997; 2000 (PDF document 8MB)
Status and Trends report icon Wetlands Status and Trends in the Conterminous United States mid-1970's to mid-1980's. (Dahl, T.E. et.al. 1991) (PDF document 7MB) Recently Added On-line Status and Trends of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the Conterminous United States 1950's to 1970's. (W.E. Frayer et.al. 1983)(PDF document 8MB)
  Wetlands of the United States: Current Status and Recent Trends (Ralph W. Tiner, Jr. et.al. 1984) (PDF document 12MB)   Wetlands Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's (Dahl, T.E. 1990) (PDF document 2.8MB)

Wetlands Status and Trends:
State and Regional Reports
Upper Gila River report Monitoring Changes to Wetland and Riparian Vegetation Resulting from the February 13, 2005 Flood Event, Upper Gila River, Arizona (Jim Dick & Ryan McHale 2006) (PDF document 1.1MB) Southeast Wetlands report cover page Southeast Wetlands; Status and Trends, mid-1970's to mid-1980's (Hefner, J.M. et.al. 1994), (PDF document 8.8MB)
Status of Alaska Wetlands, 1994, (Jonathan V. Hall et.al. 1994) (PDF document 7MB) South Carolina's Wetlands Status and Trends, 1982 - 1989. 1999. (PDF document)
  Delaware's Wetlands Status and Recent Trends, 2001, (Ralph W. Tiner, Jr. 2001)(PDF document 5.7MB) Hackensack Meadowlands report cover page Wetland Status and Trends for The Hackensack Meadowlands, 2002, (PDF document)
  Recent Wetland Trends in Southeastern Virginia 1994 -2000, (PDF document)   Recent Wetlands Status and Trends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 1982 - 1989. (PDF document 5.2MB)
  Wetlands of the California Central Valley: Status and Trends 1939 to mid-1980's (W.E. Frayer et.al. 1989) (PDF document 9.2MB)   Florida Wetlands: Status and Trends, 1970's to 1980's (W.E. Frayer et.al. 1991) (PDF document 6.2MB)
  Florida's Wetlands An Update on Status and Trends 1985 to 1996 (Dahl, T.E. 2005)(PDF document 16.7MB)   Texas Coastal Wetlands: Status and Trends, mid-1950's to early 1990's (Moulton, D.W. et.al. 1997) (PDF document 6.4MB)
  Status and Recent Trends of Wetlands in Five Mid-Atlantic States (Ralph W. Tiner, Jr. et.al. 1986) (PDF document 3.4MB)   Mid-Atlantic Wetlands A Disappearing Natural Treasure (Ralph W. Tiner, Jr. 1987)(PDF document 5.6MB)

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