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CEAP National Assessment: WetlandsSome documents on this page require Acrobat Reader. The goal of the Wetlands Component of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) National Assessment is to develop a broad collaborative foundation that facilitates the production and delivery of scientific data, results, and information. Findings will routinely inform conservation decisions affecting wetland ecosystems and the services they provide, particularly focusing on the effects and effectiveness of USDA conservation practices and Farm Bill conservation programs on ecosystem services provided by wetlands in agricultural landscapes. ApproachFive inter-related objectives have been developed: Objective 1. Conduct regional collaborative investigations.The investigations will provide data to:
Objective 2. Build science collaborations as the foundation of CEAP-Wetlands.Objective 3. Document the scientific knowledge base and gaps in knowledge to understand the effects of conservation practices and programs on wetland ecosystem services.Objective 4. Analyze NRCS conservation practice and program data to illustrate applications of data to support CEAP-Wetlands research and monitoring activities.Objective 5. Develop a national wetlands monitoring process to enhance decisions affecting the conservation of wetlands in agricultural landscapes.Collaborative StudiesEleven physiographic regions across the conterminous United States currently comprise the primary geographic focus of activities, particularly collaborative studies.
Currently, multiple studies are underway in seven of the 11 regions identified:
In addition, collaborative studies are underway in several of these regions to support development of simulation modeling and forecasting capability and investigate remote sensing technologies to capture model data (i.e., the Integrated Landscape Model, ILM) to quantify changes in ecosystem services as a result of conservation practices and programs, climate change and other drivers of ecosystem change. Currently, studies to develop the ILM are underway in the:
The U.S. Geological Survey is leading the research in the Prairie Pothole Region and Mississippi Alluvial Valley, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab is leading the Choptank River Watershed study. The goal is to eventually produce modeling, forecasting and data capture capability as part of a nationally-extensive, regionally-specific monitoring process. More information on the CEAP-Wetlands approach and timeframe of activities is available in the work plan
CEAP Wetlands Work Plan, October 2008 (PDF; 0.5 MB)
Study Plans and Reports
Bibliography/Literature SynthesisWetlands in Agricultural Landscapes, September 2006. The Ecological Society of America, the Forest Service, and regional scientists from universities and other federal agencies are well under way in development of volume 1 of a literature synthesis on wetlands in agricultural landscapes. The synthesis brings together published information on the effects of conservation practices and programs on ecosystem services provided by wetlands in agricultural landscapes in eight geographic areas. A non-technical version of the synthesis will be published by the Ecological Society of America. Publication of the documents is expected in 2010. Related LinksContact |
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