Wetlands Fact Sheets

Introductory Information

• Wetlands Overview (PDF format)
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• Types of Wetlands (PDF format)
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• Functions and Values of Wetlands (PDF format)
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• Economic Benefits of Wetlands (HTML format)
  
  
• Threats to Wetlands (PDF format)
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• Teaching About Wetlands (PDF format)
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• Wetland Restoration (PDF format)
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• American Wetlands Month (PDF format)
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• Hypoxia & Wetlands Restoration (PDF format)
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• Protecting Wetlands for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PDF format)
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• Wetlands & West Nile Virus (PDF format)
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• Constructed Treatment Wetlands (PDF format)
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Regulatory Information Clean Water Act Section 404

• Wetland Regulatory Authority (PDF format)
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• How Wetlands Are Defined and Identified (HTML format)
  
  
• Was the Section 404 Program Intended to Regulate Wetlands? (HTML format)
  
  
• Issue Resolution Procedures: Clean Water Act/Section 404(q) (HTML format)
  
  
• EPA's Clean Water Act Section 404(c): Veto Authority (HTML format)
  
  
• Wetlands Enforcement (HTML format)
  
  
• Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation (PDF format)
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• Wetlands Mitigation Banking (HTML format)
  
  
• Wetlands Categorization (HTML format)
  
  
• What about Takings? (HTML format)
  
  
• Wetlands on Agricultural Lands: Section 404 and Swampbuster (HTML format)
  
  
• NRCS to Identify Agricultural Wetlands (HTML format)
  
  
• Exemptions to Section 404 Permit Requirements (HTML format)
  
  
• Alaska Wetlands Initiative (HTML format)

Other Federal, and State, and Local Programs

• State, Tribal, Local, and Regional Roles in Wetlands Protection (HTML format)
  
  
• Funding Wetland Projects (PDF format)
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• Wetlands Program Development Grants (PDF format)
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• Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF format)
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• State or Tribal Assumption of the Section 404 Permit Program (HTML format)
  
  
• Section 401 Certification and Wetlands (HTML format)
  
  
• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (PDF format)
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• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: A Technical Framework (PDF format)
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• Wetlands and Runoff (HTML format)

Planning and Partnerships

• Wetlands and Watersheds (HTML format)
  
  
• What Is a State Wetland Conservation Plan? (HTML format)
  
  
• Advance Identification (ADID) (HTML format)
  
  
• Partnerships with Landowners (HTML format)
  
  
• Sustainable Communities (PDF format)
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• Volunteering for Wetlands (PDF format)
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• Wetlands Protection: Partnering with Land Trusts (PDF format)
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