Archived Workshops/References
Freshwater Wetlands
Description
As clean water becomes increasingly important to human communities, freshwater wetlands become increasingly the focus of conservation efforts. The Coastal Training Program's focus on freshwater wetlands is to educate decision makers so that they can recognize the varied habitat types that make up freshwater wetlands and to help them to understand the priority concerns that must be addressed to conserve what few freshwater wetlands remain on California's central coast. As our decision makers come to better understand this system, we hope to offer more advanced training and information, including on cutting edge restoration and management practices. This website offers basic information on freshwater wetlands in California. Unfortunately, there is little available research specifically addressing the unique freshwater wetlands of California. As more information becomes available, we will post it here.
Training Programs
| Ecology and Conservation of California's Coastal Freshwater Wetlands | Sep 15, 2004 |
| Amphibian Summit 2014 | Aug 14, 2014 |
Documents and Publications
| TITLE DATE ADDED |
AUTHOR SOURCE |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS | ||
| Public ownership of US streambeds and floodplains: a basis for ecological stewardship. PDF, 1.5MB Jun 30 05 |
Bruce B. Dykaar and David A. Schrom Bioscience 54(4): 2-7 2003 |
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| OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| Reference site characterization and restoration goals for northern coastal scrub and seasonal wetlands at Younger Lagoon Reserve. Report for the California Coastal Commission. PDF, 297KB Dec 10 13 |
Reed, L.K., M. Hatch, K. Valenta, and K.D. Holl UCSC Environmental Studies Department 2011 |
Defining restoration targets for communities such as the northern coastal scrub and seasonal freshwater wetlands (or coastal wet meadows) is challenging. The published literature on these specific habitats is also limited; in the case of seasonal wetlands, data are nearly nonexistent. In this report we seek to characterize a network of reference sites for northern coastal scrub and seasonal fresh water wetlands. |
Links
| TITLE | DATE ADDED |
|---|---|
| U.S Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District Regulatory Branch http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/regulatory/ |
Jun 27 05 |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory http://www.fws.gov/nwi/ |
Aug 15 08 |
| EPA Wetland Fact Sheets http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/contents.html |
Jun 27 05 |
| California Coastal Commission Coastal Act, Updated January 1, 2005 http://www.coastal.ca.gov/ccatc.html#linkedcoastalact |
Jun 27 05 |
| Procedural Guidance for Evaluating Wetland Mitigation Projects in California's Coastal Zone, California Coastal Commission Publication, september 1995 http://www.coastal.ca.gov/weteval/wetitle.html |
Jun 27 05 |
| Procedural Guidance for the Review of Wetland Projects in California's Coastal Zone. California Coastal Commission. June 15, 1994. http://www.coastal.ca.gov/wetrev/wettitle.html |
Jun 27 05 |
| Army Corps of Engineers 1987 Wetlands Delineation Manual http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/wlman87.pdf |
Aug 15 08 |