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Today, FWS serves its data via an on-line data discovery "Wetlands Mapper". GIS users can access wetlands data through an online wetland mapping service or download data for various applications (maps, data analyses, and reports). The techniques used by NWI have recently been adopted by the Federal Geographic Data Committee as the federal ...
In 2008, data covering 66,200,000 acres (268,000 km 2) were added to the Wetlands Geodatabase.These included 28,100,000 acres (114,000 km 2) of updated wetland map information, new data for 6,800,000 acres (28,000 km 2) not previously available and 31,300,000 acres (127,000 km 2) of data that were captured in digital format.
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Lacustrine wetlands- associated with a lake or other body of fresh water; Palustrine wetlands- freshwater wetlands not associated with a river or lake. The primary purpose of this ecological classification system was to establish consistent terms and definitions used in inventory of wetlands and to provide standard measurements for mapping ...
Wetland Regions Map for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (2016), showing continental U.S. and Caribbean. [3] Corps wetland regions are defined as follows: [3]
Wetland conservation in the United States (2 C, 19 P) + Wetlands of American Samoa (1 P) B. Bogs of the United States (2 C, 11 P) F. Floodplains of the United States ...
The state park's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of refuge. [3] A 63-foot (19 m) conical brick lighthouse tower, designed as a scaled-down replica of the Tawas Point Light , marks the harbor entrance.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. [4] The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...