... and activism to help preserve wetland bird habitats, prevent water pollution

ABSTRACT In winter 2002, portions of the salt marshes of coastal Georgia began experiencing dieback, affecting both Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus. During the summer of 2003, a field survey of 18 widely distributed sites along the coast was c

Washington State House Bill 2860 establishes the need for a Columbia River Basin Water Management Program and directs the Washington State Department of Ecology to aggressively pursue development of water supplies to benefit both instream and out-of-stream

The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is ... for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are ... Parties to the Convention, with 1636 wetland sites, totaling 145.7 million

... paper we review the evolution of the wetlands credit sales program developed to support the federal wetlands permit program. Then, we explain how ... prices of credits while ensuring that wetlands credit sales help move the nation

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This paper is an introduction to the International Waters Learning and Exchange Network Resource (IW: LEARN), explaining the need for better management of transboundary water resources and the role IW: LEARN intends to play in this improvement. It is autho

This update to Blue Revolution provides further evidence of the need to integrate land management decision-making into the process of integrated water resources management. It presents the key issues involved in finding the balance between the competing de

... of federal policies on riparian wetlands, i.e., those formed at the interface ... The study identifies the trends in wetland acreage, describes the principal ... and programs impacting riparian wetlands, summarizes what is currently known or

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