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The Wetlands Geodatabase and the Wetlands Mapper, as an Internet discovery portal, provide technological tools that allow the integration of large relational databases with spatial information and map-like displays. The information is made available to an array of federal, state, tribal, and local governments and the public.
Wetlands of New Hampshire (1 C, 3 P) Wetlands of New Jersey (1 C, 10 P) Wetlands of New Mexico (4 P) Wetlands of New York (state) (1 C, 20 P) Wetlands of North Carolina (2 C, 10 P) Wetlands of North Dakota (13 P)
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).
Nalbana Island is the core area of the Ramsar designated wetlands of Chilika Lake. Nalbana was notified in 1987 and declared a bird sanctuary in 1973 under the Wildlife Protection Act. The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is the flagship species of Chilika lake.
Wetlands Reserve Program. Categories: Wetlands by country. Landforms of the United States. Water in the United States. Wetlands of North America by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Ramsar Convention. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). [2] It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the convention was signed in 1971.
The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou". The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked ...
And even with the current focus on wetland conservation, the US is losing about 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of wetlands per year (as of 2004). [2] However, from 1998 to 2004 the United States managed a net gain of 191,750 acres (776.0 km 2) of wetlands (mostly freshwater). [2] The past several decades have seen an increasing number of laws and ...