A new report from the Environmental Law Institute, State Wetland Protection Status, Trends & Model Approaches, offers a comparison between states in wetlands protection strategies, regulations, and best practices. The report is free and can be downloaded by individuals at this Web address: http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=11279
An excerpt from the Web site describes the report:
State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends & Model Approaches is the final report of a 50-state study that described and analyzed seven “core” components of state wetland programs: state laws, regulations, and programs; monitoring and assessment; restoration programs and activities; water quality standards; public-private partnerships; coordination among state and federal agencies; and education and outreach activities. This report focuses on status and trends, model programs, and summary data for all 50 states.
If you are interested in finding further wetlands research reports, ELI’s Web site provides links to approximately 30 wetlands research related documents such as other reports, forums, and newsletters.
By the way, how much Federal funding goes toward wetland preservation, or at least conservation? I’ll see if I can come up with a figure and some sources.
