Wetland Fact Sheets

• Introduction Information
• Regulatory Information Clean Water Act Section 404
• Other Federal, and State, and Local Programs
• Planning and Partnerships

Introductory Information

• Wetlands Overview (PDF) (4 pp, 251K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetlands Overview (PDF) (4 pp, 1.6MB) - High resolution for printing.

• Types of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 84K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Types of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 1.3MB) - High resolution for printing.

• Functions and Values of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 114K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Functions and Values of Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 369K) - High resolution for printing.

• Economic Benefits of Wetlands (PDF) (4 pp, 281K)

• Threats to Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 134K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Threats to Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 450K) - High resolution for printing.

• Teaching About Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 179K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Teaching About Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 1.5MB) - High resolution for printing.

• Wetland Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 75K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetland Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 403K) - High resolution for printing.

• American Wetlands Month (PDF) (2 pp, 55K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• American Wetlands Month (PDF) (2 pp, 754K) - High resolution for printing.

• Hypoxia and Wetlands Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 99K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Hypoxia and Wetlands Restoration (PDF) (2 pp, 240K) - High resolution for printing.

• Protecting Wetlands for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PDF) (4 pp, 1.9MB) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Protecting Wetlands for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PDF) (4 pp, 980K) - High resolution for printing.

• Wetlands and West Nile Virus (PDF) (2 pp, 376K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetlands and West Nile Virus (PDF) (2 pp, 1.5MB) - High resolution for printing.

• Constructed Treatment Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 269K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Constructed Treatment Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 904K) - High resolution for printing.
  
  
• Coastal Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 1.9MB)

• Wetlands: Protecting Life and Property from Flooding (PDF) (4 pp, 286K)

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Regulatory Information Clean Water Act Section 404

• Wetland Regulatory Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 361K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetland Regulatory Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 641K) - High resolution for printing.

• How Wetlands Are Defined and Identified

• Issue Resolution Procedures: Clean Water Act/Section 404(q) (PDF) (2 pp, 682K)

• EPA's Clean Water Act Section 404(c): Veto Authority (PDF) (2 pp, 600K)

• Wetlands Enforcement

• Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation (PDF) (2 pp, 288K)

• Mitigation Banking 

• What about Takings?

• Section 404 and Swampbuster: Wetlands on Agricultural Lands
  

• Exemptions to Section 404 Permit Requirements

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Other Federal, and State, and Local Programs

• State, Tribal, Local, and Regional Roles in Wetlands Protection

• Funding Wetland Projects (PDF) (2 pp, 77K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Funding Wetland Projects (PDF) (2 pp, 218K) - High resolution for printing.

• Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF) (4 pp, 115K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF) (4 pp, 278K) - High resolution for printing.

• State or Tribal Assumption of the Section 404 Permit Program

• Section 401 Certification and Wetlands

• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (PDF) (2 pp, 263K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment (PDF) (2 pp, 411K) - High resolution for printing.

• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: A Technical Framework (PDF) (2 pp, 190K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: A Technical Framework (PDF) (2 pp, 389K) - High resolution for printing.

• Wetlands and Runoff

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Planning and Partnerships

• Wetlands and Watersheds

• What Is a State Wetland Conservation Plan?

• Advance Identification (ADID)

• Partnerships with Landowners

• Sustainable Communities (PDF) (4 pp, 229K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Sustainable Communities (PDF) (4 pp, 544K) - High resolution for printing.

• Volunteering for Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 77K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Volunteering for Wetlands (PDF) (2 pp, 399K) - High resolution for printing.

• Wetlands Protection: Partnering with Land Trusts (PDF) (2 pp, 89K) - Low resolution for viewing.
• Wetlands Protection: Partnering with Land Trusts (PDF) (2 pp, 241K) - High resolution for printing.

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