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Wetlands Fact Sheets

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Introductory Information

Wetlands Overview (PDF) (4 pp, 300K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetlands Overview (PDF) (4 pp, 1.987MB) - High resolution for printing.

Types of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 84K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Types of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 1.286MB) - High resolution for printing.

Functions and Values of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 127K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Functions and Values of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 369K) - High resolution for printing.

Economic Benefits of Wetlands (PDF) (4 pp, 281K)

Threats to Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 134K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Threats to Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 450K) - High resolution for printing.

Teaching About Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 179K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Teaching About Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 1.483MB) - High resolution for printing.

Wetland Restoration (PDF format) (2 pp, 75K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetland Restoration (PDF format) (2 pp, 403K) - High resolution for printing.

American Wetlands Month (PDF) (2 pp, 85K) - Low resolution for viewing.
American Wetlands Month (PDF) (2 pp, 754K) - High resolution for printing.

Hypoxia & Wetlands Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 125K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Hypoxia & Wetlands Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 567K) - High resolution for printing.

Protecting Wetlands for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PDF) (4 pp, 1.887MB) - Low resolution for viewing.
Protecting Wetlands for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PDF) (4 pp, 4.706MB) - High resolution for printing.

Wetlands & West Nile Virus (PDf) (2 pp, 376K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetlands & West Nile Virus (PDF) (2 pp, 1.46MB) - High resolution for printing.

Constructed Treatment Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 269K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Constructed Treatment Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 904K) - High resolution for printing.

Wetlands: Protecting Life and Property from Flooding (4 pp, 286K)

Regulatory Information Clean Water Act Section 404

Wetland Regulatory Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 335K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetland Regulatory Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 641K) - High resolution for printing.

How Wetlands Are Defined and Identified

Was the Section 404 Program Intended to Regulate Wetlands?

Issue Resolution Procedures: Clean Water Act/Section 404(q) (PDF) (2 pp, 80K)

EPA's Clean Water Act Section 404(c): Veto Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 156K)

Wetlands Enforcement

Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation (PDF) (2 pp, 288K)

Mitigation Banking

Wetlands Categorization

What about Takings?

Wetlands on Agricultural Lands: Section 404 and Swampbuster

Exemptions to Section 404 Permit Requirements

Alaska Wetlands Initiative

Other Federal, and State, and Local Programs

State, Tribal, Local, and Regional Roles in Wetlands Protection

Funding Wetland Projects (PDF) (2 pp, 91K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Funding Wetland Projects (PDF) (2 pp, 393K) - High resolution for printing.

Wetlands Program Development Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 106K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetlands Program Development Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 358K) - High resolution for printing.

Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF) (4 pp, 115K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF) (4 pp, 278K) - High resolution for printing.

State or Tribal Assumption of the Section 404 Permit Program

Section 401 Certification and Wetlands

Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (PDF) (2 pp, 263K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (PDF) (2 pp, 582K) - High resolution for printing.

Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: A Technical Framework (PDF) (2 pp, 190K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: A Technical Framework (PDF) (2 pp, 389K) - High resolution for printing.

Wetlands and Runoff

Planning and Partnerships

Wetlands and Watersheds

What Is a State Wetland Conservation Plan?

Advance Identification (ADID)

Partnerships with Landowners

Sustainable Communities (PDF) (4 pp, 229K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Sustainable Communities (PDF) (4 pp, 544K) - High resolution for printing.

Volunteering for Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 77K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Volunteering for Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 399K) - High resolution for printing.

Wetlands Protection: Partnering with Land Trusts (PDF) (2 pp, 130K) - Low resolution for viewing.
Wetlands Protection: Partnering with Land Trusts (PDF) (2 pp, 407K) - High resolution for printing.

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