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Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) Extent of Canada’s Wetlands
The Extent of Canada's Wetlands indicator is part of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program, which provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key More...
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Partners in Flight - Linking States, Provinces & Territories to Important Wintering and Breeding Grounds
In this document Partners in Flight use maps to summarize migratory connections between individual U. S. states, Canadian provinces & territories, and the regions that support the same birds at the More...
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Déterminants de la végétation des milieux humides aménagés pour la sauvagine dans le Québec méridional
Le but de ce projet était de mieux comprendre la dynamique végétale des marais aménagés par Canards Illimités Canada. Des inventaires de végétation ont été effectués dans 29 marais sans More...
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Video of wetland assessment field methods: water, sediment, plants
This video demonstrates wetland field assessment methods that support application of three assessment tools developed to evaluate shallow open water marshes built as part of oil sands mine More...
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Great Lakes Wetlands Conservation Action Plan - Highlights Report 2005-2010
The Great Lakes Wetlands Conservation Action Plan (GLWCAP) was developed in 1994 to enable government and nongovernment partners to work together more effectively to conserve the remaining wetlands More...
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Managing the Water's Edge: Riparian Health Assessment for Streams and Small Rivers
This workbook describing riparian health assessment has been written for those people who can most effectively influence riparian areas with their management - landowners, livestock producers, More...
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Durham Region Coastal Wetland Monitoring Project
The Durham Region Coastal Wetland Monitoring Project is designed as a long-term program assessing the health of 15 wetlands along the north shore of Lake Ontario in Durham Region (see map below). More...
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Durham Region Coastal Wetlands: Monitoring a Changing Environment
Durham Region supports a richness of wetlands along the shore of Lake Ontario. These wetlands are invaluable because they provide functions such as water purification and services in the form of More...
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Canadian Wetland Inventory
CWI partners, including several provinces and academic institutions, have now developed standards for detecting, classifying and mapping wetlands by the different wetland types across Canada. To More...
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Monitoring and Assessing Marsh Habitats in Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Final Project Report
The Marsh Monitoring Program is a unique binational marsh bird and amphibian population monitoring initiative of Bird Studies Canada (BSC) that has successfully engage volunteer naturalists since More...
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Rapid Assessment Methodology for Evaluating Wetland Functional Values
This tool provides field data sheets for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Rapid Assessment Methodology for Evaluating Wetland Functional Values. Madison, WI. More...
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Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Wetlands
The Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Wetlands is one in a series of waterbody-specific documents that support the National Nutrient Strategy. The intent of this document is to provide More...
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Bibliography of Regional Guidebooks for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions
This tool provides an annotated list of references related to the Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) approach for assessing wetland functions. It includes resources for understanding the approach, as well as More...
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Synoptic Assessment of Wetland Function: A Planning Tool for Protection of Wetland Species Biodiversity
This paper presents an assessment method for prioritizing sub-basins potentially critical for supporting wetland species biodiversity. Sub-basins are prioritized based on the projected increase in More...
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Wetland Inventory for Research and Education Network (WIRE Net)
The Network disseminates research results on the ecological functions of Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Website has links to Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay wetland atlases, at the scale of the entire More...
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Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Classification
Great Lakes coastal wetlands can be separated into three specific systems based on their dominant hydrologic source and current hydrologic connectivity to the lake. These systems are different than More...
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Assessing Wetland Functions and Values
The report focuses upon assessment of wetland 'functions' and 'values' for regulatory purposes. It discusses regulatory assessment needs, methods/techniques and restraints. Considering the needs and More...
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Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Inventory
As part of Phase II of the Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Consortium program, a binational team completed a comprehensive Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Inventory. Built upon the best coastal wetland More...
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Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions of Prairie Potholes
This report uses the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to develop a Regional Guidebook to (a) characterize ponded, herbaceous marshes of the glaciated Prairie Pothole Region, (b) provide the rationale used to More...
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Current Approaches to Wetland Status and Trends Monitoring in Prairie Canada and the Continental United States of America
This paper responds to the need for comprehensive and scientifically sound data on the national status and trends of Canadian wetlands for the purpose of developing a national wetlands monitoring More...
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Valuing wetlands: Guidance for Valuing the Benefits Derived from Wetland Ecosystem Service
Economic valuation of ecosystems is a rapidly developing discipline, and there are now many different methods available for undertaking different aspects and purposes of wetland valuation. This More...
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Wetland Classification and Habitats at Risk in British Columbia
The British Columbia Ministry of Forests is developing a practical classification system for British Columbia'swetland and riparian ecosystems. The project has identified a diversity of wetland and More...
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Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect our Waters
A handbook for communities, watershed organizations and local, state and federal government agencies on the development and implementation of watershed plans to meet water quality standards and More...
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Centre for Watershed Protection Wetlands
A website connecting wetlands to watershed management that provides a variety of tools, publications, and project information. Technical tools are available focusing on: - Watershed management: More...
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State of the Watershed Reporting Framework
A framework developed to assist stakeholder groups, citizens and businesses in improving decision making regarding water conservation and use. The framework uses a standardized set of indicators that More...
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Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
This classification, to be used in a new inventory of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States, is intended to describe ecological taxa, arrange them in a system useful to resource More...
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The Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint for Biodiversity
The Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint for Biodiversity is a shared vision for natural heritage conservation from the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The More...
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The Peat Portal
The Peat Portal is an international website to promote the conservation and protection of the world's peatlands. More...
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Geoconnections
GeoConnections is a national partnership initiative working to build the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), which will make Canada's geospatial databases, tools and services readily More...
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Northwest Territories Species Monitoring InfoBase
A compendium of referenced information summarized to help rank the status of species in the NWT. The database is updated on an ongoing basis with a status report produced every 5 years (NWT Species More...
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Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
An agency providing development, management and distribution of geographically referenced information in Saskatchewan. The agency acts as the custodian of Geomatics public infrastructure including More...
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Oil and Gas Development Survey Guidelines - Saskatchewan Crown Agriculture and Resource Land
A brief outline of survey guidelines for oil and gas development, with considerations for Provincial Forest, Provincial Parks and Wildlife Development Fund land. More...
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Considering Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Assessments
A document outlining voluntary principles providing general guidance on the consideration of Aboriginal traditional knowledge in environmental assessment under the Canadian Environmental More...
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Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
A facility working to improve the organization, exchange, correlation and availability of primary data on biological species of interest to Canadians. Access to data provides resources supporting a More...
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Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre
A source for data on wild species and communities, searchable by ecozone or rural municipality. The centre gathers, interprets, and distributes standardized information on the ecological status and More...
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Guidelines for Preparation of an Environmental Protection Plan for Oil and Gas Projects
Industry specific guidelines for the development of an Environmental Protection Plan for oil and gas projects. The summary includes information required for preparing an EPP including: project More...
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Cumulative Effects Assessment - Practitioners Guide
A guide for practitioners responsible for preparing Cumulative Effects Assessments as part of a submission to appropriate regulatory bodies for project review. The guide provides practitioners with: More...
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Environmental Evaluation Checklist for Oil and Gas Development Projects on Private Land in Saskatchewan
A guideline outlining Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management's evaluation requirements for all oil and gas projects, except seismic exploration, on privately owned land (includes drilling, More...
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The Tadpole Monitoring Project
There have been public reports of catastrophic tadpole die-offs in several bodies of water within Ontario. As a result, researchers at Trent University have begun to seek information regarding More...
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Development of a Remote-Sensing Wetland Inventory and Classification System for Canada
An article in Backscatter magazine about the NWI. More...
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Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests
Learn about the Canadian Forest Service's initiative to map the forested area of Canada. Similar to the NWI, the Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests (EOSD) initiative uses More...
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The Landsat Program
The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected information about Earth More...
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Diseases, Insects & Weeds
Information to assist farmers control common farm and household diseases and pests. More...
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Looking at my Streambank: Riparian Health Checklist
A brief riparian health checklist for stream, river, creek banks. More...
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Riparian Health Assessment
Technical riparian health assessment forms and user manual for streams and small rivers, large rivers, and lakes, wetlands and sloughs. Includes an explanation of the Cows and Fish program including More...
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Riparian Areas: A Users Guide to Health
A guide to what riparian areas do, the importance of maintaining their health, assessing current status and future management actions. The link to the larger watershed is also discussed. More...
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Temporal Relations Between Marsh Bird and Amphibian Annual Population Indices and Great Lakes Water Levels: A Case Study from the Marsh Monitoring Program
This report provides an update on marsh bird and amphibian population trends from 1995 -- 2000 derived from six years of Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP) implementation across the Great Lakes More...
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The Ramsar Convention definition of "wetland" and classification system for wetland type
This classification system for wetlands is also Appendix A of the Strategic Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance. The More...
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FrogWatch
Monitoring frog and toad populations is one way to check the health of wetland areas. This site describes how to track changes in frog and toad populations by listen for their calls during mating More...
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NatureWatch
Successful volunteer monitoring programs demonstrate that volunteers can collect valuable data. NatureWatch is a suite of community based or "citizen science" monitoring programs that are More...
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PlantWatch
PlantWatch is a nature monitoring program that engages Canadian citizens in reporting bloom times of spring flowers as an indicator of climate change in Canada. The Canadian Nature Federation and More...
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Significant Wildlife Habitat Technical Guide
Significant Wildlife Habitat has been identified as one of the natural heritage feature areas under the Ontario Provincial Policy Statement (PPS, section 2.3.1). The Significant Wildlife Habitat More...
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Predicting Wetland Score: Is it Wet? Is it Significant?
In 1992, Ontario implemented a new policy to provide protection for wetlands in the province. Under the new policy, all developments in or around wetlands must "have regard" for provincially More...
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Terrain Resource Information Management Program
Approximately 80% of BC's wetlands are identified on the TRIM maps.The Terrain Resource Information Management Program (TRIM) program is completed as of Dec 17, 1996. The TRIM program produces More...
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Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre
The Natural Heritage Information Centre compiles, maintains and provides information on rare, threatened and endangered species and spaces in Ontario. This information is stored in a central More...
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Putting an Economic Value on Wetlands - Concepts, Methods and Considerations
Canada's ecosystems and the biological diversity they support are natural assets which make significant contributions to the national economy. Functional ecosystems represent natural capital upon More...
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Biodiversity Conservation of the World's Lakes: A Preliminary Framework
This report suggests a preliminary methodology for identifying lakes, out of approximately five million that exist worldwide, with the most significant biodiversity in order to maximize the value of More...
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The Marsh Monitoring Program: 1995 - 1999 Monitoring Great Lakes Wetlands and their Amphibian and Bird Inhabitants
The report summarizes the progress of the Marsh Monitoring Program, how the Program fits with wetland conservation efforts, and presents preliminary findings on trends in marsh birds, amphibians and More...
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Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program
The Marsh Monitoring Program is a binational, long-term monitoring program that coordinates the skills, interests and stewardship of hundreds of citizens across the Great Lakes basin to help More...
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Biodiversity Investment Areas: Coastal Wetland Ecosystems
This project identifies areas of the Great Lakes shoreline that contain high quality faunal habitat that could be identified as Biodiversity Investment Areas (Holland and Reid 1996). In attempting to More...
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Wetland and Riparian Ecosystem Classification Project
The ecological values ascribed to riparian and wetland areas are numerous. They are recognised as centres of high biodiversity, focal points of wildlife use, important for maintenance of water More...
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Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory
The purpose of the Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory (SEI) project is to identify remnants of rare and fragile terrestrial ecosystems and to encourage land-use decisions that will ensure the continued More...
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The Process of Selecting a Wetland Assessment Procedure
This resource lists the steps and provides brief guidance for selecting a function assessment procedure. A checklist is also provided for the user to follow and record decisions for each step. More...
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Standard Guide for Assessment of Wetland Functions
The guide is intended to help wetland managers use existing assessment procedures more effectively during the decision-making process. While it was developed to assist in satisfying the requirements More...
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California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) for Wetlands and Riparian Habitats
CRAM was developed as a rapid, scientifically defensible, and repeatable assessment methodology that can be used routinely to assess and monitor the conditions of wetlands and riparian habitats. CRAM More...
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Invading Species Website and Hotline
The Invading Species web site of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) features species information on fish, fish parasites, forest pests, invertabrates and plants. It also provides More...
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Canadian Wetland Classification System
The National Wetlands Working Group produced this Classification System to provide: an introduction to wetland hydrology: provides background on the hydrogeomorphic setting of More...
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British Columbia's Watershed Atlas
The Watershed Atlas depicts aquatic features in BC, including wetlands, on a 1:50,000 topographic map. The map is supported by a full topological spatial dataset that models the adjacency and More...
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National Atlas of Canada
The Atlas of Canada website provides an interesting and comprehensive collection of of maps and related information about Canada. Type "wetland" into the keyword search on the right More...
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National Soil Database (NSDB)
The National Soil Database (NSDB) is the set of digital (Arc Info) files that contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources More...
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Guide des milieux humides du Québec
This Guide was developed to inform the public of where wetlands are in Quebec. Seventy-seven wetlands are identified, all of which are publicly accessible. Each site is described in terms the type of More...
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Comprehensive Review of Wetland Assessment Procedures
Bartoldus, Candy C. 1999. A Comprehensive Review of Wetland Assessment Procedures: A Guide for Wetland Practitioners. Environmental Concern Inc. St. Michaels, MD. 196 p. This compendium of More...
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Water Survey of Canada
The Water Survey of Canada (WSC) is the national authority responsible for the collection, interpretation and dissemination of standardized water resource data and information in Canada. In More...
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Peat and Peatland Resources in Southeastern Ontario
This document provides a regional overview of peatland resources in southeastern Ontario. 759 peatlands greater than 100 ha in size that were identified in southeastern Ontario and assessed for their More...
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National Topographic System of Canada
The National Topographic System (NTS) provides general-purpose topographic map coverage of Canada. The National Topographic System provides general-purpose topographic map coverage of Canada. More...
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Distribution et Description des Tourbières de la Moyenne-et-Basse-Côte Nord
This report describes the peatland resources of southeastern Quebec in terms of the peatland region, type, percent coverage, distribution and vegetation composition. The report is complete with More...
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Distribution of Wetlands in the St. Lawrence Plain
This project mapped wetlands along the St. Lawrence River to establish a wetland monitoring program. Fifty-five classes of wetlands, most characterized by the dominant species, were identified. The More...
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Peat and Peatland Resources in Northeastern Ontario
1500 peatlands greater than 100 ha in size were identified in northeastern Ontario and assessed for their potential as sources of material for conventional horticultural uses and non-conventional More...
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Prince Edward Island Wetland Inventory (2009)
An update of the 2000 wetland inventory to identify missed or incorrectly classified wetlands. More...
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Nova Scotia Wetland Inventory
In 2000, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR) replaced the 1982 hardcopy 1:50,000 scale wetland inventory maps with a digital inventory based upon visual interpretation and More...