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Louisiana Coast Web Site contains information and links relating to coastal restoration projects in Louisiana. Site funded by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA). National Wetlands Inventory Maps and other information on U.S. wetlands, from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Society of Wetland Scientists a non-profit organization founded to promote wetland science and the exchange of information related to wetlands. U.S. EPA Wetlands Homepage About wetlands, U.S. wetlands regulation, and other U.S. governmental efforts to protect these areas. Includes large collection of internet links. Everglades Library Internet resource library of information on the Florida Everglades and its restoration. Ohio Wetlands Foundation Non-profit providing wetland, off-site compensatory mitigation credits and funding wetlands research and education Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Official site of the secretariat for the Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. This intergovernmental treaty provides a framework for national action and international cooperation for conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. Wetland Regulations Center Presented by Environmental Technical Services Co. as a service to all persons interested in the laws, policies and regulations concerning activities regulated under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act in waters of the United States, including wetlands. The Riddle of the Carolina Bays (Smithsonian Magazine) The confusingly named bays are not ocean inlets, nor are they confined to the Carolinas (though that is where they lie thickest). They are eerie wetland depressions scattered across the Eastern coastal plain from southern New Jersey to northern Florida. National Wetlands Coalition Opposes current implementation of U.S. wetlands regulations as "burdensome and ineffective regulation of private property that does not function as or provide the ecosystem benefits of high-value wetlands." |
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