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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 |
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State Assumption
During the recession, state budgets have come under increased scrutiny and pressure. As a part of the Clean Water Act, individual states have the option to assume the role of wetland permitting from the Federal Government (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) in certain "nonnavigable" waters, that fall under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act . The U.S. COE still retains jurisdiction in tidal wetlands and navigable waters and their adjacent wetlands. In the past 30+ years, only two states have been approved, New Jersey and Michigan, as the state laws must meet or exceed the Federal Governments criteria and the barriers to entry are relatively expensive. As of March 2009, the State of Michigan intends to revert the right to manage the 404 permitting process back to the Federal Government and the Army Corps of Engineers to save an estimated $2 million per year. As only two states have ever been allowed to assume the permitting process, the return of the role to the Federal Government is unprecedented.
For more information on state assumption and Michigan specific information, below are a few links. Security for Wetlands (Michigan Specific) Michigan Wetland Program Question & Answer Document- March 2009
STATES ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY OVER WETLANDS: STATE ASSUMPTIONS A REGULATORY OPTION FOR PROTECTION OF WETLANDS
State or Tribal Assumption of the Section 404 Permit Program State Assumption
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 April 2009 )
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 January 2009 |
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February 2, 2009 is World Wetlands Day!
World Wetlands Day (WWD) was celebrated for the first time in 1997, marking signing of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971. Each year, citizens,government agencies and local communities have taken advantage of the opportunity to raise public awareness of wetland benefits.
This year's theme is Upstream-Downstream, Wetlands connect us all. with a focus on river basins and their management.  For more information from Ramsar, click here :
A few of the many events on each continent are :
Australia:
wetlandlink.com.au
Europe:
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)- United Kingdom
Africa:
Working for Wetlands-South Africa
Americas:
Argentina
Oak Hammock Marsh- Canada
Asia
World Wetland Park-Hong Kong
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 January 2009 )
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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A new feature of the website is the Wetland Mapper , a good jumping off point to easily find wetlands in your local area and state. Using a freely available USGS database and Google Maps, a mashup was created to map and detail over 7,000 swamps and wetlands in the United States. The information available about each site is limited (see below), but we are looking to expand the data available about a particular site. Example: Name: Ballona Wetlands
Latitude: 33.959999 Longitude: -118.440002
Elevation: 2 Meters
USGS Map Name: Venice
County Name: Los Angeles In the near future, the mapping tool will also be expanded to include RAMSAR and other wetlands worldwide, with a database expected to top 50,000 records and a refined user interface.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 December 2008 )
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