Participants
Participating States
MAWWG consists of participants representing federal and state regulatory personnel and scientists from the following states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. This focused membership includes both users and developers of monitoring and assessment tools.
These states represent 9 percent ( ~ 69 million hectares) of the nation's contiguous land area and 10 percent ( ~ 4 million hectares) of the nation's wetlands (excluding Alaska and Hawaii ).
Federal Agencies
- US Army Corps of Engineers (PA, WV)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Regions I, II, III & Headquarters
( DC, MA, NY, PA) - US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) (VA)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) (DE)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Wetland Science Institute (PA)
- USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (MD)
State Agencies
- DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
- MD Department of the Environment (MDE)
- MD Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
- NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
- NJ Meadowlands Commission (NJMC)
- NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
- NC Division of Water Quality (DWQ)
- OH Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)
- PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- VA Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
- WV Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- WV Division of Natural Resources (DNR)