In the News
- 2009 Annual Clean Water Act Section 404 Training Announced
August 20, 2009 - Interagency MOU on Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
June 11, 2009 - 2009 5 Star Grants Recipients Announced
June 1, 2009 - Modification to the 1985 Bayou aux Carpes 404(c)
May 27, 2009 - Compensatory Mitigation Rule Training Materials
April 13, 2009 - Final Conforming Rule - Revisions to the Regulatory Definition of "Discharge of Dredged Material"
December 23, 2008 - Revised Guidance addressing Clean Water Act jurisdiction following Rapanos decision
December 3, 2008 - Sustainable Financing for State and Tribal Wetland Programs
October 24, 2008 - Final Determination - Yazoo Backwater Area Project
August 31, 2008 - Final Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation Rule released
March 31, 2008 - Information on the National Wetland Condition Assessment
March 1, 2008
What are Wetlands?
Why Protect Wetlands?
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Functions and Values
Fish & Wildlife
Flood Protection Shoreline Erosion
Water Quality and Hydrology Economics Recreation and Aesthetics
How are Wetlands Protected?
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Water Quality Standards
404 Permitting
Watershed Planning
Financial Assistance Mitigation Monitoring & Assessment
Restoration
What You Can Do to Protect our Vital Resource