May is American Wetlands Month!
Learn More(PDF). May was first celebrated as American Wetlands
Month in 1990. This annual celebration has become a
grass roots effort in many States and now involves many
organizations interested in wetlands protection. (Snowy
egret and young in nest →)
On April 22, 2008 (Earth Day) the White House Council of
Environmental Quality put out a report detailing the
accomplishments of the President's wetlands initiative -
the conservation of 3.6 million acres of wetlands over
the past four years. The full reporting of this
accomplishment can be found at the White House Council
of Environmental Quality website:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/wetlands/2008/index.html
(Follow this link for Report Notes)
Viewing Wetlands with Google™ Earth:
A
Keyhole Markup Language file has been created to
view Wetlands Data with Google Earth. This viewing method provides
access to Google imagery in combination with the wetlands
digital data.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.fws.gov/nwi/WetlandsData/GoogleEarth.htm
With wetlands digital data available
for only 53% of the Nation, NWI is beginning to add raster
scan images for non-digital maps for some portions of the
Nation
(OH, AZ, AR). Stay tuned for more.
