Wetland Mitigation Hawaii
Wetland Assessment | NRCS WLI
Wetland Assessment Information Series, Number 4: Evaluation of the Baumer and Rice (MUUF) Procedures used by NRCS for Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Parameters Used in the Scope and Effect Equations and the Program DRAINMOD ... State Interim Functional Assessment Procedures The following are procedures for interim functional assessment are intended as examples for those in the process of developing their own procedures and to help bring about needed consistency between states and regions for interim functional assessment. Most of the procedures are draft or in early stages of development and should not be referred to or cited as final. Other examples are invited at this web site simply by contacting any one of the Wetland Science Team (WLI) staff. ... [Read More]
Wetland Science Institute--State Interim Functional Assessment Procedures
1996 Farm Bill Wetland Conservation Provisions, NRCS - Wyoming,Wetland Mitigation, Categorical Minimal Effects, and Related Subjects ... Interim Guidance for MakingWetland Minimal Effect/Mitigation Decisions for USDA Programs in ... DraftInterim HGM Model for Kansas Wooded Riverine Wetland ... [Read More]
INOUYE PUSHES FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CAMPBELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
“The expansion of the Refuge, the premier endangered Hawaiian waterbird recovery area in northern Oahu, would be the foundation for a most significant wetland enhancement project ever undertaken in Hawaii,” said Senator Inouye, the third most senior member of the U.S. Senate. “The bill would provide for a dual benefit – wildlife and habitat protection, and important mitigation efforts for the Kahuku floodplain. By achieving effective flood control, wetland development, endangered species conservation, the expansion would be a win-win for all concerned. ... [Read More]
Environmental Streamlining - Environment - FHWA
Awards for Streamlining/Stewardship Construction Design - Context Sensitive Solutions Environmental Certification for Staff/Consultants Environmental Stewardship Exemplary Ecosystem Initiatives (Vital Few) GIS and Other Data Management Historic Preservation - Archaeology - Historic Bridges and Roads - Tribal Consultation and Coordination Impact Assessment - Community, Social, and Economic Impacts and Mitigation - Historical Impacts and Mitigation - Indirect/Secondary and Cumulative Effects - Land Use Interagency Cooperation - DOT Funding to other agencies - Outreach, Partnership, or Public Involvement Local Comprehensive Planning Maintenance Natural Resources Mitigation or Enhancement - Advance Mitigation &n ... [Read More]
Bolsa Chica Wetland Restoration Project > Featured Stories > EPA Region 9
On October 6, 2004, officials from state and federal agencies and the city of Huntington Beach joined with local environmental groups to break ground for the Bolsa Chica Wetland Restoration Project – at 1,247 acres, the largest wetland restoration in Southern California history. ( Event flyer PDF, 269 K, About PDF ) Once part of an extensive wetland complex spreading from Huntington Beach to Seal Beach, Bolsa Chica remained largely undeveloped, except for oil rigs and access roads that criss-crossed the site. Much of the property remained wetlands, and supported waterfowl and shorebirds. The project is especially needed because more than 90% of Southern California's original coastal wetlands have been lost to development, making the remaining wetlands critical for migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway, wildlife and fish. ... [Read More]
Wildlife Protection: Keeping It Simple - FHWA
Orange balls on power lines work for big birds as well as big planes. To deter federally threatened wood storks from flying into power lines on the Millen Bypass Mitigation Site in Jenkins County, Georgia, the Georgia Department of Transportation partnered with Georgia Power to install eight bright-orange fiberglass balls onto the power lines. Minimal labor and about $4,000 have kept wood storks safe on their way to the site’s wetland ponds. Lisa Westberry, (404) 699-4433 or lisa.westberry@dot.state.ga.us ... [Read More]
Executive Summary
Wetland mapping is a prerequisite for wetland inventory, regulation, management, protection, and restoration. Maps are used to analyze wetland trends and the effects of projects, policies, and activities on wetlands. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a major responsibility for the mapping and inventory of the Nation's wetlands as mandated by legislation enacted in the past 40 years. This responsibility is satisfied through the agency's National Wetlands Inventory program by producing maps, establishing a wetland data base, publishing and distributing reports on the status and trends of wetlands in this country, and by providing other products related to the identification, mapping, and inventory of wetlands. To date, the National Wetlands Inventory has produced more than 43,300 maps, covering more than 83 percent of the conterminous United States, 28 percent of Alaska, and all of Hawaii and the U.S. Territories. Other Federal agencies with wetland mapping and inventory activities, ... [Read More]
History of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States
Water-quality modification can affect an entire drainage basin or it may affect only an individual wetland. Water chemistry in basins that contain a large proportion of wetlands is usually different from that in basins with fewer wetlands. Basins with more wetlands tend to have water with lower specific conductance and lower concentrations of chloride, lead, inorganic nitrogen, suspended solids, and total and dissolved phosphorus than basins with fewer wetlands. Generally, wetlands are more effective at removing suspended solids, total phosphorus, and ammonia during high-flow periods and more effective at removing nitrates at low-flow periods (Johnston and others, 1990). Novitzki (1979) reported that streams in a Wisconsin basin, which contained 40 percent wetland and lake area, had sediment loads that were 90 percent lower than in a comparable basin with no wetlands. Wetlands may change water chemistry sequentially; that is, upstream wetlands may serve as the source of materials that ... [Read More]
EPA: Federal Register: Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
[Federal Register: January 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 11)][Notices][Page 2592-2593]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr16ja04-53]=======================================================================-----------------------------------------------------------------------ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY[ER-FRL-6647-5] Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal Activities at (202) 564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in FR dated April 4, 2003 ( 68 FR 16511 ).Draft EISs ERP No. D-AFS-G65091-NM Rating LO, Surface Management of Gas Leasing and Development in the Cars ... [Read More]
CWAP Watershed Success Stories -- Ko’olaupoko, HI
Population growth and developmentthroughout the Ko’olaupokoRegion has increased erosion andpolluted stormwater runoff.Concern about these nonpointsource pollution issues led to theinclusion of regional waterbodies,such as the Waimanalo stream, inthe State of Hawaii’s List ofImpaired Waters, which are subjectto a Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) study. The Ko’olaupokoRegion has also been designated asPriority 1 for watershed restorationin the state’s Unified WatershedAssessment. Nonpoint Source PollutionMitigation on theMokapu Peninsula Until the mid-1990s, the focus ofMCBH’s collaborative communityinvolvement and interagency partnershipefforts was on projects toimprove water quality, water circulationand endangered waterbirdhabitat within the confines of theNu’upia Ponds wetland complex.Resource management plans developedfor Nu’upia Ponds in 1997 andMokapu Peninsula in 1998 expanded the resource management strategyto comprise the entireKo’olaupoko Region. The 1998MCBH Mokapu Manual for ... [Read More]
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