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The mission of the Service's National Wetlands Inventory office is to provide citizens of the United States and its Trust Territories with current geospatially referenced information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetland, riparian, deepwater and related aquatic habitats in priority areas to promote conservation of these resources. The maps and associated data are used extensively as part of wildlife management and conservation activities by state and federal wildlife agencies, private conservation organizations and others. |
Wetlands News
$6.8 million in grants will conserve the Northeast coast
A grant for $986,604 will conserve Chicamacomico River wetlands in Maryland.
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that nearly $6.8 million in grants will support seven projects to conserve and restore coastal wetlands in Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia. Across America, the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program will this year award $20.5 million in grants, matched by almost $21 million from state and local governments, private landowners and conservation groups.
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Loss of wetlands slows across U.S., marking conservation gains and need for continued investment
Wetlands serve as important nesting and migration resting areas for waterfowl. Image from Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, located at the southern end of Assateague Island, Va.
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America's wetlands declined slightly from 2004 to 2009, according to the Service's National Wetlands Inventory Status and Trends Report. Previous decades reflect a continuous but diminishing decline in wetlands habitat over time. Wetlands serve as storm buffers, absorb pollution that would otherwise find its way into the nation's drinking water, and provide vital habitat for fish, wildlife and plants. In the Northeast, areas of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and upstate New York experienced the highest rate of freshwater wetland loss between 2004 and 2009.
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Last updated:
January 4, 2012
