Wetland/Riparian Management

EPA Sites

• National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution (draft)
  This draft guidance is intended to provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal program managers and others on the best available, economically achievable means of reducing nonpoint source pollution of surface and ground water through the protection and restoration of wetlands and riparian areas, as well as the implementation of vegetated treatment systems. The public comment period ended on February 4, 2002 and a final document is expected to be issued in July 2002. Inquiries may be sent to Christopher Solloway of EPA's Nonpoint Source Control Branch at solloway.chris@epa.gov.

• Management Measures for Wetlands, Riparian Areas, and Vegetated Treatment Systems.

• Stream Restoration Documents
  This is a list of stream restoration documents that the Nonpoint Source Control Branch at EPA headquarters has found to be especially well done.

• River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration

• Ecology Restoration: A Tool to Manage Stream Quality

• Nonpoint Pointer No. 11 - Managing Wetlands to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution.

• Wetlands Runoff

• Wetlands Homepage

Non-EPA Sites

• Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management
  The National Research Council has carried out an extensive study on riparian areas. The scope and results of this study are available in this pre-publication on-line document.
  
  
• Stream Corridor Restoration Handbook
  This document was produced by the collective experience, skills, and technology of 15 Federal agencies of the United States government. It is a benchmark document that is being used by these agencies, as well as many others who are interested in restoring the functions and values of the nation's stream corridors.

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