Wetlands Supplement: Incorporating Wetlands into Watershed Planning
September 17, 2013
Kerryann Weaver, Environmental Scientist, U.S. EPA Region 5
Chad Fizzell, Wetlands GIS Specialist, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Siobhan Fennessy, Professor, Kenyon College
Join us for a webcast on the “Wetlands Supplement: Incorporating Wetlands into Watershed Planning.” This new document published by U.S. EPA Region 5 is a supplement to U.S. EPA’s Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters and is intended to encourage the inclusion of proactive wetland management in the watershed planning process. Wetlands are the crucial link between the land and water and play an integral role in the healthy functioning of watersheds. The Supplement promotes using a watershed approach that protects existing freshwater wetlands and maximizes opportunities to use restored, enhanced, and created freshwater wetlands to address problems including habitat loss, hydrological alteration, and water quality impairments.