Resources
Regional Monitoring and Assessment
Classification
Monitoring and Assessment Information
- DE Wetland Monitoring Strategy (March 2011)
- PA Aquatic Resource Protection and Management Action Plan (March 2011)
- VA Comprehensive Wetland Program Plan (April 2011)
- WV Wetland Program Plan (July 2011)
- Checklist for a Wetland Monitoring Program Survey Design
- VA DEQ: Final Wetland Monitoring Strategy (December 2005)
Level I
- Level I Assessment FAQs
- Landscape Assessment Uses and Methods Matrix
- Ralph Tiner's USFWS Operational Paper: Correlating Enhanced National Wetlands Inventory Data with Wetland Functions for Watershed Assessments: A Rationale for Northeastern U.S. Wetlands
- NCDENR: GIS Wetland Functional Assessment (NC-CREWS)
Level II
- Mid-Atlantic Tidal Wetland Rapid Assessment Method
- DNREC: Delaware Rapid Assessment Protocol (DERAP V3)
- DNREC: Rapid Scoring Final Report
- NJDEP: Development of Wetland Quality and Function Assessment Tools and Demonstration
- NJDEP: Testing a Wetlands Mitigation Rapid Assessment Tool at Mitigation and Reference Wetlands within a New Jersey Watershed
- Penn State Riparia: Stressor Checklist
- California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM)
- US EPA: Review of Rapid Methods for Assessing Wetland Condition
Level III
- OH EPA: Floristic quality assessment index (FQAI) for vascular plants and mosses for the State of Ohio
- OH EPA: Integrated Wetland Assessment Program. Part 4:
A Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity (VIBI) and Tiered Aquatic Life Uses (TALUs) for Ohio Wetlands - OH EPA: Integrated Wetland Assessment Program. Part 7:
Amphibian Index of Biotic Integrity (AmphIBI) for Ohio Wetlands - OH EPA: Integrated Wetland Assessment Program. Part 9:
Field Manual for the Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity for Wetlands v. 1.3
Tools
- Floristic Quality Assessment Index
- Mid-Atlantic FQI Calculator
- General FQI literature
- Chamberlain, S. J. and H. M. Ingram. 2012. Developing coefficients of conservatism to advance floristic quality assessment in the Mid-Atlantic region. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 139:416–427.
- Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve: Plant Stewardship Index
- VA DEQ: FQI Calculator
- WV FQI
- Northeast Regional Floristic Quality Assessment (developed by the New England Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (NEBAWWG))
- Penn State Riparia: Rapid Wetland Assessment Sampling Protocol
- OH EPA: Ohio Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands (ORAM) Documents
Mitigation and Restoration
Mitigation Information
Mitigation Reports
- OH EPA: An Inventory of Ohio Wetland Compensatory Mitigation (PDF 816K). November 4, 2003 technical report
- OH EPA: Integrated Wetland Assessment Program. Part 5: Biogeochemical and Hydrological Investigations of Natural and Mitigation Wetlands
Restoration Information
Additional Information
- US EPA: Ecosystem Services Research Program Fact Sheet
- OH EPA: Wetland Ecology Group Reports
- New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission - Wetlands
- Chesapeake Bay: 2007 Small Watershed Grant Program Request for Proposal and Grant Workshop
- US EPA: Hydrogeomorphic Wetland Profiling: An Approach to Landscape and Cumulative Impacts Analysis by Bradley Johnson. Study Area: Summit County, Colorado. Fact Sheet
- "Banking on Wetlands": Interview with John Mack (Ohio EPA) on Living on Earth radio show
Mid-Atlantic Region Information
- Delaware Wetlands: Status and Changes 1992-2007
- Economic Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Delaware
- Delaware Vulnerable Wetlands Report
- Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Mid-Atlantic States Regional Wetlands Assessment
Federal Guidance
- US EPA: Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification
- US EPA: Elements of a State Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program
Bibliographies
Bibliographic Database
- EMAP Bibliographic Database: provides a comprehensive list of EMAP and EMAP related publications using a dynamic search capability.