USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Related Sites

Related Sites

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Wetland Information and Educational Sites

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
http://www.lacoast.gov - CWPPRA (Public Law 101-646) was enacted in 1990. This site contains information about the act and offers links relating to coastal restoration projects in Louisiana.

Environmental Law Institute
www.eli.org - This site offers news, information about events and courses, research reports, and books by the Environmental Law Institute.

GulfBase
www.gulfbase.org - GulfBase is one of many projects to be supported by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. One of the main goals of the HRI is to promote and support research focused on the sustainable use and conservation of the Gulf of Mexico, a task requiring knowledge of
current available resources (infrastructure and human) including our neighbors and colleagues from the USA, Mexico, and Cuba.

Migratory Bird Management
http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds - Part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Division of Migratory Bird Management's goals are to conserve migratory bird populations and their habitats in sufficient quantities to prevent them from being considered as threatened or endangered and to ensure the citizens of the United States continued opportunities to enjoy both consumptive and nonconsumptive uses of migratory birds and their habitats.

National Wetlands Inventory
www.nwi.fws.gov - Part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Wetlands Inventory project was established to generate information about the characteristics, extent and status of the Nation's wetlands and deepwater habitats

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory web site
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/ops/regulatory/index.asp - This site provides information about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland regulatory program, wetland permits, wetland determination, and more.

Wetland Education Through Maps And Aerial Photography (WETMAAP)
www.rac.louisiana.edu/wetmaap/ - The WETMAAP site provides a new means for disseminating environmental information, specifically about wetlands and upland habitats, to a national audience of teachers, faculty, and non-formal educators through the Internet.

World Conservation Union (UICN) - Wetlands and Coastal Zones Thematic Area
www.uicnhumedales.org/english/index.htm - This site provides information about wetlands and coastal zones in Central America.

NWRC's Partners and Other Organizations

Ducks Unlimited
www.ducks.org - The mission of Ducks Unlimited is to fulfill the annual life cycle needs of North American waterfowl by protecting, enhancing, restoring and managing important wetlands and associated uplands.

Gulf of Mexico Program
www.gmpo.gov - The mission of the GMP is to facilitate the protection and restoration of the coastal marine water of the Gulf of Mexico and its coastal natural habitats; to sustain living resources; to protect human health and the food supply; and to ensure the recreational use of Gulf shores, beaches and waters in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the region, through a network of citizens and institutions.

Society of Wetland Scientists
www.sws.org - The Society of Wetland Scientists is a nonprofit organization founded in 1980 to promote wetland science and the exchange of information related to wetlands.

Technological Tools and Resources

Duckdata
This is a bibliographic data base for North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats.

Energy and Environmental Information Resources (EE-IR) Center
cuadra.cr.usgs.gov/eeirc04.html - The EE-IR Center benefits users by capturing and organizing the knowledge and experience of environmental research librarians, by creating metadata to locate appropriate information sources, and by providing software tools and infrastructure to transparently search and process data within databases.

Louisiana Energy and Environmental Resource and Information Center (LEERIC)
www.leeric.lsu.edu - Located on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU), LEERIC serves as a clearinghouse providing free access to energy and environmental information and resources to Louisiana residents.

National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.gov - The NHC prepares and distributes hurricane watches and warnings for the general public, and also prepares and distributes marine and military advisories for other users. The site provides real-time data and images of storms.