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Wetlands. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water. This EPA site is a cornucopia of information on wetlands. You can find a wide range of subjects here ranging from a basic introduction to wetlands covering their types, importance, current status, and fact sheets about wetlands. There is also information about wetlands restoration projects, wetlands and watershed planning, and links to other wetlands sites. The set of links you will find here is extensive and very well organized covering all aspects of wetlands from technical to sites for kids. You'll also find a large selection of laws and regulations applying to wetlands.

Congressional Research Service Reports. Library of Congress. The Congressional Research Service provides research and summary reports to congress on a variety of topics related to conservation and the environment. A number of their reports are related to wetlands.

Information on Wetlands. Watersheds. A wonderful source of basic information on wetlands including data on wetlands, definitions, functions, protection, human impacts, management, and links to other wetlands sites.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Division of Water Facilities. This site has "The Florida Wetlands Delineation Manual". This manual is in the form of a series of Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files and contains basic information on wetlands and separate sections on individual wetlands in Florida. There are newletters at this site as well as a little data on specific wetlands plants and lists of wetland plants found in Florida.

California Wetlands Information System. California Department of Water Resources. The state of California has an excellent site on wetlands and it includes basic information on wetlands, the wetlands of California, educational material, regulation, restoration, mitigation, and more.

Wetlands Campaign. National Audubon Society. A series of articles advocating wetlands conservation, with political news, the importance of wetlands, and other topics.

Wetlands Facts. Terrene Institute. A series of interesting facts about wetlands, the types of wetlands, and their importance.

Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries. National Research Council. This page has an abbreviated version of the larger document which can be ordered from the National Academy of Sciences. The online summary discusses the definition of a wetland, its identifying characteristics, water, soils, vegetation, regulation, and more.

Society of Wetland Scientists. The Society of Wetland Scientists has a very extensive set of links to other sites on the web involved with wetlands.

Prairie Basin Wetlands of the Dakotas: A Community Profile. Harold Kantrud et al. This site is an online manual on the ecology of wetland habitats in the prairie region of North and South Dakota. Included are discussions of the plants and animals, geology, climate, water quality, and other factors affecting wetland habitats.

Coastlines. Environmental Protection Agency. Coastlines is a newsletter published by the EPA outlinging wetland topics with which the EPA has been involved. This is a great place to keep abreast of recent events and news involving wetlands.

National Wetlands Inventory. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wetlands Inventory plans, directs, coordinates, and monitors information relating to the location and importance of the United States' wetlands. A mountain of information on the country's wetlands are available at this site including maps, databases, metadatabase files, and software. If you need to know about where wetlands are, their characteristics, and their ecological importance, this may be the place to find it. However the data is highly technical and generally not for the casual browser.

Wetlands Research Program. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This Corps of Engineers has a wealth of technical documents in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf) on wetlands. You'll also find bulletins on issues of interest on wetlands.

Wetlands of North and South Dakota. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Detailed technical information on the wetlands of North and South Dakota.

National Interagency Workshops on Wetlands. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A series of largely technical papers on a variety of wetlands topics and issues. Results of a workshop.

Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A heavily annotated bibliography of references to the effects of fire on wetlands in North America, particularly the effects on wildlife and plants.

Hydric Soils of the United States. National Soil Survey Center, USDA. Hydric soils are those soils sufficiently wet in the upper part to develop anaerobic conditions during the growing season. Although not limited to wetlands, hydric soils are typical of wetland habitats. This site has an introduction to hydric soils and very large and technical lists of hydric soils by state, county, and for the entire United States.

Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States. Wetland Science Institute. A technical document on the various physical indicators delimiting and classifying hydric soils.

The Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Adobe Acrobat (pdf file) document. This is an introduction to wetlands for kids from kindergraden to the fifth grade. Learn what wetlands are, their value, the plants and animals that live there, and more.

Water Drops. Environmental Protection Agency. A series of newletters in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format that you can download. The material is written for kids and deals with water topics including wetlands.

Wetlands Reading List. Environmental Protection Agency. A very extensive reading list for the k-12 crowd divided by age level; k-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12.

Wetlands Educational Resources and Products. Terrene Institute. An extensive list of available materials and resources for studying wetlands.

Water Research Outreach Program. U.S. Geological Survey. A series of six posters featuring water related subjects including wetlands designed for kids. The posters are grouped in three sets; a set for grades 3-5, a set for grades 6-8, and a black and white set for coloring. The posters can be ordered from the USGS free of charge.