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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources works to promote healthy, sustainable ecosystems and conserve biodiversity (the variety of life on Earth). The Ministry of Natural Resources conducts More...
Implicit Prices of Habitat Conservation Easements

Perpetual conservation easements permanently remove the option to convert existing habitat to more intensive agricultural production. If existing habitat is at threat of conversion, removing the More...
The benefits of wetland restoration

The primary purpose of this Briefing Note is to raise awareness, across all sectors, of the potential benefits of wetland restoration. It is intended to catalyze efforts that stem the loss and More...
Wetland Action Plan for BC

In this document, the BC Wetland Stewardship Partnership proposes a comprehensive Wetland Action Plan. The plan is to be implemented cooperatively by governmental and non-governmental organizations More...
Wetland Ways: Interim Guidelines for Wetland Protection and Conservation in British Columbia

Wetland Ways: Interim Guidelines for Wetland Protection and Conservation in British Columbia is a series of guidelines and best practices to help build a comprehensive model for wetland conservation More...
Nature Valuation and Financing Network

The aim of the Network (NV&F) is to stimulate the development and exchange of practical tools and best practice for the valuation of ecosystem goods and services, so that decisions concerning More...
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...
The Peat Portal

The Peat Portal is an international website to promote the conservation and protection of the world's peatlands. More...
Forest Operations Manual

The Forest Operations Manual is a compendium of various subject areas to provide guidance and direction for industrial operations. The preface, table of contents and a glossary for the Forest More...
Environmental Impact Assessment - New Brunswick

A general overview of environmental impact assessment in New Brunswick with information on: projects, EIA process and registration, sector guidelines, comprehensive reviews, determinations and More...
Jurisdictional Responsibilities for Land Resources, Land Use, and Development in the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories

A portal to information on jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. Information is available regarding: NWT First Nation Settlement Areas, NWT Inuvialuit Settlement Region More...
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...
How Much Habitat is Enough? Second Edition

To assist efforts to reverse habitat loss and fragmentation in the Great Lakes basin, A Framework for Guiding Habitat Rehabilitation in Great Lakes Areas of Concern was prepared by Environment Canada More...
Participatory Management Clearinghouse

The Participatory Management Clearinghouse (PMC) is a joint initiative of the Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar), IUCN (The World Conservation Union), and SIDA (The Swedish International More...
Temperate Wetland Restoration Training Course

This 4.5 day intensive training course has been completely updated to include material relevant to both the agricultural and the urbanizing environments of Ontario. The course is geared toward More...
Conservation Ontario: Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities

Conservation Ontario is a network of 36 Conservation Authorities of Ontario, dedicated to conserving, restoring, developing and managing natural resources on a watershed basis. This website More...
Understanding the Law: A Guide to New Brunswick's Watershed Protected Area Designation Order

This Guide provides a map and list of designated watersheds covered by the Order, under the Clean Water Act. For these designated watersheds, it describes prohibited and permitted More...
List of Wetlands of International Importance: Annotated Ramsar List

The basic Ramsar List records the name of each of these "Ramsar Sites", its date of designation, geographical position in-country, surface area, and centre-point coordinates, and it is available in More...
The Dos and Don'ts of Wetland Construction

Garbisch, Edgar. W. 2003. The Dos and Don'ts of Wetland Construction: Creation, Restoration and Enhancement. Environmental Concern Inc. St. Michaels, Maryland. Based on 30 years of experience, More...
Green Source Funding Database

Environment Canada's Green Source Funding database is designed to help Canadian communities identify sources and resources to fund environmental projects that will benefit our natural More...

Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region sends a clear message to individuals, industry, and governments that now is the time to take aggressive actions to reduce our heat-trapping More...
The Wise Use of Peatlands

Produced by the International Mire Conservation Group (MCG) and the International Peat Society (IPS), the manual contains background, principles and detailed guidelines including a framework for More...
Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme

Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme is a programme of the Toronto Zoo dedicated to protecting and sustaining existing wetlands by involving communities in their local wetlands. More...
International Peat Society

The International Peat Society (IPS) is a non-governmental and a non-profit-making organisation the mission of which is to promote wise use of mires, peatlands and peat by advancing scientific, More...
Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association

Founded in 1988 to promote the benefits of peat moss to horticulturists and home gardeners throughout North America, the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association is comprised of 18 peat moss More...
Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape

Campbell, C. and M. Ogden. 1999. Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape. John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. Toronto, ON. 24 pp. Constructed wetlands are gaining worldwide acceptance as More...
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is an independent advisory body that provides decision makers, opinion leaders and the Canadian public with advice and More...
Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators Initiative

The Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators (ESDI) Initiative is a three-year multistakeholder program of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, aimed at developing a More...
The Dock Primer - A Cottager's Guide

The Dock Primer: A Cottager's Guide to Waterfront-Friendly Docks is a publication that points both the confirmed do-it-yourselfer and the equally confirmed purchase-it-yourselfer in the direction of More...
Canadian Important Bird Areas On-line Directory

The On-Line Canadian Important Bird Areas Directory has been developed by Bird Studies Canada, International BirdLife and the Canadian Nature Federation. The Canadian IBA On-Line Directory provides More...
New Brunswick Policy on Peat Mining

This policy aims at encouraging and stimulating the development of secondary processing in New Brunswick while sustaining the existing employment levels at current peat operations. The policy also More...
Beaver Proof Add On

The beaver proof add on has been engineered to allow for fish passage, as well as preventing plugged culverts by the eager beaver. The beaver proof add on can be utilized in road systems and More...
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...
Federal Water Policy

The Federal Water Policy contains statements regarding wetlands, indicating that the federal policy is to conserve and enhance Canada's wetlands through short-and long-term actions coordinated with More...
New Brunswick Wetlands Conservation Policy

The Wetlands Conservation Policy aims at managing human activity on or near wetlands to ensure that critical functions are not compromised. It will also strengthen the government's commitment to More...
2001 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

The report sets out three broad areas of federal activity-the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin, managing for sustainable development, and climate change and energy efficiency. The Report More...
Dock Design with the Environment in Mind

This interactive CD-ROM allows the viewer to 'build' a dock while minimizing impacts to eelgrass habitat. Emphasizing the ecological importance of healthy eelgrass meadows, the CD demonstrates how a More...
Wetlands Institute

The Wetlands Institute is a 7-day hands-on program that educates participants about wetlands stewardship and wetland construction skills. Participants are encouraged to come with a wetland project More...
Toward a Canadian Agenda for Ecological Fiscal Reform: First Steps

This report explores potential strategies to redirect government taxation and expenditure programs to create incentives for supporting the shift to sustainable development. One section examines More...
Stewardship Centre for British Columbia

The Stewardship Centre for British Columbia improves access to information and advice on conservation and stewardship. Relevant technical information is often scattered in publications, studies, and More...

Wild Species in Canada Report

The Wild Species in Canada report provides an overview of the status of Canada?s species. It brings the results of Provincial, Territorial, and Federal monitoring efforts onto a single platform for More...
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...
Living with the Red

Since the devastating Red River flood of 1997, the International Joint Commission and its binational Task Force have examined methods to reduce or eliminate the impacts of future major floods. More...
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...
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...
Ecological Integrity Assessment and Performance Measures for Wetland Mitigation

This report outlines an approach to establish performance standards for wetlands mitigation using an adapted version of NatureServe's methodology for conducting ecological integrity assessments. More...
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...
Guidelines for Controlling Beavers and Preventing Roadway Damage

This journal article presents a beaver management approach that attempts to balance two points of view: those who enjoy beavers and those who consider them destructive pests. This article More...
Clemson Beaver Pond Leveler

The Clemson Beaver Pond Leveler was developed to meet two goals. The need to suppress the problem of flooding agricultural and timberlands was paramount. The second goal was to maintain or improve More...
Nova Scotia Wet Places

The NS Wet Places series introduces readers to wetland habitats found in Nova Scotia. Each fact sheet highlights a habitat and describes its appearance, ecology and contribution to the environment. More...
Species at Risk Act

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) received Royal Assent on December 12, 2002, bringing to close a nine-year legislative process to protect Canada's species at risk and their critical habitat. The More...
Guidelines for the Use of Explosives In or Near Canadian Fisheries Waters

The detonation of explosives in or adjacent to fish habitat has been demonstrated to cause disturbance, injury and/or death to fish and marine mammals, and/or the harmful alteration, disruption or More...
Wetlands - USEPA

America's Wetlands "Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during More...
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (British Columbia)

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation was created in 1996 for projects pursuing at least one of the following objectives: conservation or enhancement of biological diversity, More...
Migratory Birds Environmental Assessment Guideline

This guideline for conducting environmental impact statements involving migratory birds: provides policy and legislative background identifies information More...
Principles for Ecological Restoration

The Watershed Ecology Team of the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds has assembled a list of principles that have been critical to the success of a wide range of aquatic resource restoration More...
Managing Nuisance Beavers Along Roadsides

Beavers cause serious damage to roads across North America, primarily by plugging highway culverts. This booklet provides advice on managing beavers. It: targets highway More...
The Beaver Handbook

This practical handbook presents methods and ideas for dealing with beaver problems and is designed to improve decision-making and increase cost savings. It: surveys people with hands-on More...
North American Waterfowl Management Plan

The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is an international partnership that conserves and protects wetland and upland habitats, and associated waterfowl populations by connecting people More...
Great Lakes Sustainability Fund

The Great Lakes Sustainability Fund (GLSF) is a component of the Great Lakes Program's Great Lakes Basin 2020 Action Plan. The GLSF, which has evolved from the Great Lakes 2000 Cleanup Fund, was More...

Great Lakes Wetlands Conservation Action Plan

This web site informs users about wetland types and habitats in the Great Lakes Basin, conservation strategies, rehabilitation activities and provides links to other wetland web sites. More...
LandOwner Resource Centre

The centre is a one-window information shop for landowners, where you can get accurate, impartial, user-friendly information on forestry, agriculture, wildlife, water, soil and any land More...
Wetland Conservation Policy

Wetland Policy for Prince Edward Island is intended to complement existing legislation, regulations and operational policies protecting wetlands. All wetlands in P.E.I. currently receive some More...
The Dow Wetlands

The Dow Wetlands in Sarnia, Ontario, were constructed in an area where soil was removed to cover a nonactive landfill operation. A wetlands contractor and project team worked with local More...
Canada Watershed Maps

This site provides access to the Canada watershed maps series in digital (.e00) format. The maps include: individual province and territory maps including shoreline, complete Canadian More...
General Status Ranks of Wild Species in Nova Scotia

Evaluates the status of wild species to maintain biodiversity and ensure that no species becomes ar risk as a consequence of human activities. Includes: background and More...
Ontario's Species at Risk

This is an interactive site that provides the current list of species at risk in Ontario. For each species, a brief but authoritative fact sheet describes the biology, conservation status, and a More...
The Alberta Wildlife Status Report Series

The Alberta Wildlife Status Report Series is an extension of the 1996 Status of Alberta Wildlife review process, and provides comprehensive current summaries of the biological status of selected More...
Endangered Species in British Columbia

British Columbia is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species living in a rich diversity of habitats. Many of these species and their habitats are at risk. This site is a gateway to More...
Identified Wildlife Management Strategy for British Columbia

The Strategy is part of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. It describes best forestry and ranching management practices (BMP) that must be followed in "wildlife habitat areas". These are More...
Grants and Funding Sources in the Great Lakes Region

This web site is part of (GLIN), The Great Lakes Information Network Web Site http://www.great-lakes.net. This tool contains a wealth of information on wetland conservation funding sources, More...
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region

This web site is part of (GLIN) The Great Lakes Information Network Web Site http://www.great-lakes.net. It provides information and management recommendations about the following More...
Wetlands in the Great Lakes Region

This web site is part of (GLIN), The Great Lakes Information Network Web Site http://www.great-lakes.net. This site provides an overview of wetlands in the Great Lakes region and resources More...
Ramsar Sites Database

The Ramsar Sites Database contains information on wetlands designated as internationally important under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971). These wetlands are commonly known as Ramsar More...
NatureServe Explorer: An On-line Encyclopedia of Life

NatureServe is a major new web site that provides access to a vast amount of biological and conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United More...
NatureServe Canada

NatureServe Canada advances the goals of the Conservation Data Centres (CDC), Natural Heritage Information Centres (NHIC), Natural Heritage Programs and associated organizations whose mission is to More...
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...
Understanding Wetlands: A Wetland Handbook for British Columbia's Interior

Delesalle, Bruno. 1998. Understanding Wetlands: A Wetland Handbook for British Columbia?s Interior. Ducks Unlimited Canada. Kamloops, BC. 191 p. A general handbook for anyone interested in wetland More...
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...
Wetlands - Mitigating and Regulating Development Impacts

Salvesen, David. 1990. Wetlands ? Mitigating and Regulating Development Impacts. The Urban Land Institute. Washington, DC. This book explores many issues in wetland mitigation: More...

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...
National Air Photo Library

The National Air Photo Library's collection covers most of Canada. Their standard product is a 25cm x 25cm (10" x 10") vertical aerial photograph contact print. Most photographs are monochrome (black More...
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...
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...
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...
Prince Edward Island Wetland Inventory (2009)

An update of the 2000 wetland inventory to identify missed or incorrectly classified wetlands. More...
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...
Evaluation of Nova Scotia's Peatland Resources

This report presents results of a five-year peatland inventory carried out to evaluate the potential of Nova Scotia?s peatland resource to support a fuel peat industry. It provides basic information More...
Constructed Stormwater Wetlands

This is a practical, reference guide to designing stormwater wetlands (constructed wetlands designed to improve stormwater quality) in the mid-Atlantic region: discusses four More...
Chance Foundation System

The Chance Foundation System is a technology for transferring the weight of walkways, buildings or bridges to the underlying soils with minimal disturbance to the surface environment, enabling More...
Wetlands and Aquatic Ecosystem

Wetlands, watersheds, and coastlines are vital parts of the natural ecosystem and require careful planning to avoid, minimize, and mitigate damage to them as a result of transportation projects. FHWA More...
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment and Wildlife Habitat

This is a review of 17 case studies from across the United States of exemplary constructed and natural wetlands that have been either created, enhanced or restored to improve the quality of urban More...
National Parks Act

This Act authorizes the Minister of Canadian Heritage to acquire and manage lands as National Parks and marine areas as National Marine Conservation Areas. Ecological integrity is identified as the More...
Canada Wildlife Act

This Act authorizes the Minister of the Environment to conserve and manage wildlife including wild plants, animals and their habitat. The Act allows for the establishment of ?National Wildlife Areas? More...
Canada Oceans Act

This Act authorizes the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to manage Canada?s estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems. It allows for the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) that can be More...
Migratory Birds Convention Act

This Act implements the Cananda-US Convention for the protection of migratory birds. Together with its regulations, the Act: authorizes the establishment, control and management of More...
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) sets out the responsibilities and procedures for environmental assessment of projects involving the federal government. The Act applies to projects More...
Fish Habitat Conservation and Protection - What the Law Requires

Informs landowners of their obligations under the Fisheries Act and suggests how to fulfill them. Describes: what the law requires what landowners should More...
Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat

Guides the implementation of the habitat conservation and protection provisions of the Fisheries Act: describes the ?No-Net-Loss? principle to habitat conservation More...
Preserving and Restoring Natural Shorelines: Extension Notes

This fact sheet provides information on the importance of shoreline vegetation and where you can get help to restore your shoreline and other shorelines in your community. More...

Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States

Thunhorst, G.A (Illustrated by D.R. Briggs and B.E. Slattery). 1993. Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States: Plants for Wetland Creation, Restoration and Enhancement. Environmental More...
Wetlands for Treatment of Mine Drainage

A web site that: describes how wetlands can clean up contaminated mine water, including acid mine drainage provides examples/case studies discusses the environmental More...
Managing Roads for Wet Meadow Ecosystem Recovery

United States Department of Agriculture. 1996. Managing Roads for Wet Meadow Ecosystem Recovery. Report FHWA-FLP -96-016. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southwestern Region. More...
Protecting Natural Wetlands - Stormwater Best Management Practices

This report describes best management practices to protect wetland functions from urban stormwater discharges and other diffuse sources of runoff. It discusses the benefits, limitations, and More...
Treatment Wetlands: Theory and Implementation

This book provides scientific and operational information on treatment wetlands technologies to entry-level practitioners. Contents include: an introduction to wetlands for More...
Prince Edward Island Watercourse and Wetland Alteration Guidelines

This document provides detailed guidelines, mitigation techniques, and regulations for planning or reviewing a proposed watercourse alteration, on a project-type basis. A comprehensive set of More...
Ontario Wetland Evaluation System

The OWES is a science-based system that is used to evaluate and rank the relative value of wetlands. The ministry's OWES manuals are technical guidance documents that use scientific criteria to More...
Wastewater and Stormwater Applications of Wetlands in Canada

Pries, J.H. 1994. Wastewater and Stormwater Applications of Wetlands in Canada. North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada). Sustaining Wetlands Issues Paper, No 1994-1. Ottawa, ON. 66 More...
Wetland Evaluation Guide

This workbook helps decision-makers to consider wetland functions centrally in the project decision process by: identifying the benefits provided by a wetland More...
Canadian Peat Harvesting and the Environment

This booklet contains an overview of Canada's wetlands and the horticultural peat industry. It: reviews general and site-specific issues related to peatland development provides More...
Protecting British Columbia's Wetlands: A Citizen's Guide

This book describes why wetlands are valuable and what laws do to protect wetlands in British Columbia. There are two parts: a primer on the formation and function of wetlands More...
CSPMA Preservation and Reclamation Policy

The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association’s Preservation and Reclamation Policy sets out procedures for opening a bog, harvesting a bog and closing a bog. It calls for the: More...
Conserving Wetlands in Managed Forests

This paper describes: the role of wetlands in the forested regions of Canada potential impacts of forestry practices on wetland ecosystems measures to remedy, prevent or More...
Ontario Provincial Policy Statement

Section 2.1 of the Provincial Policy Statement (Natural Heritage Policies) protects natural heritage features and areas, including significant wetlands, from incompatible development. Development and More...
Manitoba Water Policies

The Manitoba Water Policies ensure the sustainable development of Manitoba's water resources, including wetlands. The seven objectives focus water quality, conservation, use and allocation, water More...
Wetlands Environmental Assessment Guideline

This guide should be followed when a proposed project is expected to affect wetlands of federal jurisdiction, or when a non-federal wetland may be affected by projects triggering an environmental More...
Federal Policy on Wetland Conservation

The Policy builds wetland conservation into the daily business of the federal government by working through existing programs and regulatory and decision mechanisms. The Policy: More...

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