wetland presentation binghamton rev

Wetlands and their status as environmental indicators: 

Wetlands and their status as environmental indicators

A difficult past: 

A difficult past Source: http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/news/img/feb07/rail020407.jpg Source: http://www.pref.osaka.jp/koho/brand/04/en/special/img/suijobus.jpg

mosquito-ditching: 

mosquito-ditching Source: http://harveytourism.mysouthwest.com.au/_content/images/History/his53.jpg

The scars remain: 

The scars remain Source: http://nyswaterfronts.com/Final_Draft_HTML/Report_Imagery/ch2_mosquito_ditch.jpg

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Why is the past treatment of wetlands significant now?

Understanding the historical and cultural significance gives us a context to work from: 

Understanding the historical and cultural significance gives us a context to work from

Water shapes our land and is the defining feature of the H2O region. Since the first settlements, the fate of this area has been inextricably linked to where the water is and how it affects the landscape.: 

Water shapes our land and is the defining feature of the H2O region. Since the first settlements, the fate of this area has been inextricably linked to where the water is and how it affects the landscape. Source: http://www.teterboro-online.com/images/maps/riser/map.jpg Illustration copyright (C) 1996 by Karen L. Siletti

What is a wetland?: 

What is a wetland?

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Source: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/vital/epa_media/

Clean Water Act: 

Clean Water Act Appeared initially in 1972 and was passed in 1977. Outlines guidelines for protecting wetland and whose jurisdiction the waterways fall under Navigable bodies and connected tributaries come under federal control This is the arena of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA

Why is it important to protect wetlands?: 

Why is it important to protect wetlands?

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water supply directly to people, to an aquifer, or to another wetland water flow regulation and flood control prevention of saline intrusion to both ground and surface water protection against natural forces (coastal erosion and hurricanes and flooding ability to retain sediments and nutrients ability to remove toxins from effluents/polluted water availability of natural wetland products opportunity for water transport gene bank for future commercial exploitation or maintenance of wildlife populations significance for conservation of species, landscapes or habitats recreation and tourism opportunity socio-cultural significance opportunity for research and education contribution to the maintenance of existing processes and natural systems at global, regional and local levels (e.g. microclimate, carbon cycling, etc.).

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http://www.fws.gov/nwi/Pubs_Reports/isolated/report_files/images/d_gifs/2-3.gif

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http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/n_resource/wetlands/images/p19pic3.gif

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Source: http://www.coastalzone.org.au/wetlands/images/riparian1.gif

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Source: http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/images/fig20a.jpg

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Source: USGS “Nitrogen Loading in Jamaica Bay, Long Island, New York: Predevelopment to 2005

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Spartina alterniflora

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Source: http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v02n01/images/biodiversity_fig1_lg.jpg

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Source: http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v02n01/images/3centuries_fig4.jpg

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Source: http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v02n01/images/3centuries_fig3_lg.jpg

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Source: http://meri.njmeadowlands.gov/scientific/animations/NJMC_Building_Anim.gif

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Source: http://www.meadowlandsxanadu.com

So why not protect it all?: 

So why not protect it all?

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So why not protect it all? So why not protect it all? So why not protect it all?

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The H20 region is extremely populous, and it's difficult to protect because we can't just close it off.

We have to put all these people somewhere.: 

We have to put all these people somewhere. There are methods being used to help wetland restoration which show promise Compensatory Mitigation Mitigation banking In-lieu-fees Ad-hoc compensation

But remember...: 

But remember...

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…it looks like this, too.