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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monitoring Wetlands Status and Trends in the United States Technologic advances for this study included the extensive use of high resolution satellite imagery, use of computerized mapping techniques, and modernization of data management systems. The Service captured more detailed and timely information about the nation’s wetlands. Data from wetlands Status and Trends provide important long-term trend information about specific changes and places and the overall status of wetlands in the United States. The historical data base that the Service has developed through Status and Trends provides photographic evidence of land use and wetlands extent dating back to the 1950s. This provides an accurate record that can be used for a variety of purposes, including wetland restoration potential. The study design consists of 4,682 randomly selected sample plots. Each plot is 4 square miles in area. The plots are examined, with the use of remotely-sensed data in combination with field verification, to determine wetland change. All geographic data are stored in an ArcSDE Geodatabase. Custom ArcMap tools are a vital component in the overall QA/QC process. Wetland changes were determined by extensive analysis of the imagery, interpolation of wetland types and wetland conditions, and determination of the changes that occurred between the respective target dates. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wetlands Status and Trends study was developed specifically for monitoring the Nation’s wetland area using a single, consistent definition and study protocols. An interagency group of statisticians developed the design for the national status and trends study. Monitoring Area Changes in the Nation’s Wetlands– Study Design A consortium of 11 Federal agencies (including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Interior) have been working on administrative reform actions aimed a halting wetland loss and accelerating the process of regaining wetlands through restoration and creation. A goal of this effort is to achieve a net increase of wetland acres each year. The Service’s effort to monitor wetland trends provides the only comprehensive performance measure for these agencies to know if they are achieving their goal. Currently, 29 Federal agencies are actively using the Service’s wetlands status and trends information. Intensified wetlands trend studies involving additional sampling plots have been completed where there is a need for resource information that compliments resource priorities, or where opportunities exist to establish partnerships at the State or regional level. The Service relies heavily upon partnerships and cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies to help complete the wetlands status and trends studies. Following guidance from the Department of the Interior, the Service has further strengthened its partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Information Technology improvements that have been accomplished in collaboration with the USGS have resulted in key benefits to both bureaus, the Department, and the public. The integration of wetlands status and trends data into the new national wetlands geodatabase provides many technological advantages in digital data capture, analysis and storage. The Service’s Division of Resource and Habitat Conservation and the USGS Office of Water Information have a close working relationship and are collaborating on a number of wetland projects and scientific reports. The USGS tests and applies emerging technologies in cartography and develops and maintains information databases and geographic information systems to support the USGS and other Federal agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates conducting a probabilistic national survey of wetland condition in 2011, with a final report issued in 2013. This survey will be one in a series of National Water Quality Assessments carried out by the EPA to provide the public with a better understanding of the condition of the nation’s waterways. EPA and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are committed to working in close collaboration to ensure the national condition assessment effectively compliments the FWS Status and Trends Study. While the Status and Trends reports document trends in wetland acreage, the National Wetland Condition Assessment will evaluate the ambient health of the nation’s wetland resources. Together these reports will offer the most comprehensive ecological evaluation of the nation’s wetlands and provide valuable information to support policy and resource management decisions. Intensification Studies Sound Science and New Technologies The Yardstick for Federal Agencies to Measure Success Interagency Collaboration EPA-FWS Cooperation to Monitor Wetland Quality and Quantity Color infrared aerial photographs showing changes to coastal features (Georgetown, South Carolina). High resolution, infrared Ikonos satellite image of bogs, lakes and wetlands in northern Wisconsin. Efforts have been advanced by the multi-agency involvement in the study’s design, data collection, verification, and peer review of findings. This is the latest in a series of reports produced by the Service that provides the Nation with conclusive scientific and statistical results on the progress that has been made toward achieving national wetland goals. http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/status_trends/ National_Reports/trends_2005_report.pdf http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/StatusAndTrends/ Contact Information: Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services 703 358-2161 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 800/344-WILD http://www.fws.gov/ 2 miles 2 miles Sample Plot (2560 square acres) V erification Tool Coast Ranges Puget Willamette Lowland Cascade Klamath Sierra Nevada Ranges Central Valley of California Columbia Basin Blue Mountains Harney and Owyhee Broken Lands Basin and Range Area Northern Rocky Mountains Snake River Lowland Middle Rocky Mountains Wyoming Big Horn Basins Colorado River Plateaus Upper Gila Mountains North Central Lake Swamp Moraine Plains Upper Missouri Basin Broken Lands Dakota Minnesota Drift and Lake Bed Flats Nebraska Sand Hills West Central Rolling Hills Midcontinent Plains and Escarpments Southwest Wisconsin Hills Middle Western Upland Plain Southern Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Piedmont High Plains Stockton Balcones Escarpment Ozark Ouachita Highlands Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain East Central Drift and Lake Bed Flats Eastern Interior Uplands and Basins Appalachian Highlands Adirondack New England Highlands Lower New England Gulf Atlantic Rolling Plain Gulf Atlantic Coastal Flats Coastal Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 25 27 28 34 34 36 36 36 29 30 31 32 33 26 15 23 35 35 26 19 20 15 21 22 24 12 17 18 11 15 16 9 10 11 13 14 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 ! 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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Monitoring Wetlands Status and Trends in the United States

Technologic advances for this study included the extensive use of high resolution satellite imagery, use of computerized mapping techniques, and modernization of data management systems. The Service captured more detailed and timely information about the nation’s wetlands.

Data from wetlands Status and Trends provide important long-term trend information about specific changes and places and the overall status of wetlands in the United States. The historical data base that the Service has developed through Status and Trends provides photographic evidence of land use and wetlands extent dating back to the 1950s. This provides an accurate record that can be used for a variety of purposes, including wetland restoration potential.

The study design consists of 4,682 randomly selected sample plots. Each plot is 4 square miles in area. The plots are examined, with the use of remotely-sensed data in combination with field verification, to determine wetland change.

All geographic data are stored in an ArcSDE Geodatabase. Custom ArcMap tools are a vital component in the overall QA/QC process.

Wetland changes were determined by extensive analysis of the imagery, interpolation of wetland types and wetland conditions, and determination of the changes that occurred between the respective target dates.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wetlands Status and Trends study was developed specifically for monitoring the Nation’s wetland area using a single, consistent definition and study protocols. An interagency group of statisticians developed the design for the national status and trends study.

Monitoring Area Changes in the Nation’s Wetlands– Study Design

A consortium of 11 Federal agencies (including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Interior) have been working on administrative reform actions aimed a halting wetland loss and accelerating the process of regaining wetlands through restoration and creation. A goal of this e�ort is to achieve a net increase of wetland acres each year. The Service’s e�ort to monitor wetland trends provides the only comprehensive performance measure for these agencies to know if they are achieving their goal. Currently, 29 Federal agencies are actively using the Service’s wetlands status and trends information.

Intensified wetlands trend studies involving additional sampling plots have been completed where there is a need for resource information that compliments resource priorities, or where opportunities exist to establish partnerships at the State or regional level.

The Service relies heavily upon partnerships and cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies to help complete the wetlands status and trends studies. Following guidance from the Department of the Interior, the Service has further strengthened its partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Information Technology improvements that have been accomplished in collaboration with the USGS have resulted in key benefits to both bureaus, the Department, and the public. The integration of wetlands status and trends data into the new national wetlands geodatabase provides many technological advantages in digital data capture, analysis and storage.

The Service’s Division of Resource and Habitat Conservation and the USGS Office of Water Information have a close working relationship and are collaborating on a number of wetland projects and scientific reports. The USGS tests and applies emerging technologies in cartography and develops and maintains information databases and geographic information systems to support the USGS and other Federal agencies.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates conducting a probabilistic national survey of wetland condition in 2011, with a final report issued in 2013. This survey will be one in a series of National Water Quality Assessments carried out by the EPA to provide the public with a better understanding of the condition of the nation’s waterways.

EPA and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are committed to working in close collaboration to ensure the national condition assessment e�ectively compliments the FWS Status and Trends Study. While the Status and Trends reports document trends in wetland acreage, the National Wetland Condition Assessment will evaluate the ambient health of the nation’s wetland resources. Together these reports will o�er the most comprehensive ecological evaluation of the nation’s wetlands and provide valuable information to support policy and resource management decisions.

Intensification StudiesSound Science and New Technologies

The Yardstick for Federal Agencies to Measure Success

Interagency Collaboration

EPA-FWS Cooperation to Monitor Wetland Quality and Quantity

Color infrared aerial photographs showing changes to coastal features (Georgetown, South Carolina).

High resolution, infrared Ikonos satellite image of bogs, lakes and wetlands in northern Wisconsin.

Efforts have been advanced by the multi-agency involvement in the study’s design, data collection, verification, and

peer review of findings.

This is the latest in a series of reports produced by the Service

that provides the Nation with conclusive scientific and statistical results on the progress that has been

made toward achieving national wetland goals.

http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/status_trends/ National_Reports/trends_2005_report.pdf

http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/StatusAndTrends/ Contact Information:

Division of Habitat and Resource ConservationU.S. Fish and Wildlife Services703 358-2161

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service800/344-WILDhttp://www.fws.gov/

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Midcontinent Plains and Escarpments

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