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Wetlands

America's Wetlands: Our Vital Link Between Land and Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 2003  (741 KB)

An Introduction and User’s Guide to Wetland Restoration,Creation, and Enhancement, US EPA Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, 2003  (647 KB)

An Integrated Framework To Restore Small Urban Watersheds:

Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual No. 1, Tom Schueler, Center For Watershed Protection, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), February 2005  (5.50 MB)

Aquatic Plants: Their Identification and Mangement, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001  (25.05 MB)

Brownfield Redevelopment and Ecological Restoration At Indian

Ridge Marsh, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago Department

of Environment, October 2001   (150 KB)

Cady Marsh Ditch Project Mitigation: Implementation Of Wet Savanna At Little Calumet River In Northwest Indiana, United States Army Corps Of Engineers (USACE), March 2009  (1.23 MB)

Contamination of Wetland Sediments Indiana Dunes National Lake- shore: Implications for Wetland Restoration Strategies, Catherine J. Souch, Indiana University Indianapolis, August 2000   (34 KB)

Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, United States Army

Corps of Engineers (USACE), 1987   (1.43 MB)

Geographically Isolated Wetlands: A Preliminary Assessment Of Their Characteristics And Status In Selected Areas Of The United States, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), March 2002 (1.45 MB)

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Plan, Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Consortium, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA-GLNPO), March 2008   (15.60 MB)

Guide For Local Governments: Wetlands & Watershed Management, Institute For Wetland Science and Public Policy, Association of State Wetland Managers, October 2003   (2.43 MB)

Handbook Of Constructed Wetlands: A Guide To Creating Wetlands For Agricultural, Wastewater Domestice Wastewater, Coal Mine Drainage, Stormwater, Luise Davis, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

Region III, April 1998  (771 KB)

Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands, Mark M. Brinson,

United States Army Corps of Engineers, August 1993   (5.62 MB)

Hyper-Alkaline Waters In Calumet Wetlands (South Chicago, IL),

Karel Waska, Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University,

March 2012  (5.62 MB)

Indiana Wetlands Conservation Plan, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (INDNR), June 1996  (830 KB)

Indicators for Monitoring Biological Integrity of Inland Freshwater Wetlands: A Survey of North American Technical Literature

(1990-2000), USEPA Office of Water, Fall 2001  (830 KB)

Influence Of Wetlands On Streamflow In Illinois, Misganaw Demissie, Abdul Khan, Office of Sediment and Wetland Studies, Illinois Department of Conservation, October 1993  (1.17 MB)

Introduction And User’s Guide To Wetland Restoration, Creation, and Enhancement: A Guide for the Public, Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, 2003  (647 KB)

Isolated: Illinois Wetlands At Risk - The Impact of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County vs. US Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Sierra Club, 2001   (1.52 MB)

Living With Wetlands: A Handbook for Homeowners in Northeastern Illinois, The Wetlands Initiative, December 2002  (34.42 MB)

National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution, USEPA Office of Water, EPA-841-B-05-003, July 2005   (7.48 MB)

Natural Wetlands and Urban Stormwater: Potential Impacts and Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993  (206 KB)

Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), August 2001 (32.5 MB)

Trends of Change in Composition and Structure of Chicago Region Wetland Vegetation, Marlin Bowles and Michael Jones, Chicago Wilderness Journal, November 2006  (503 KB)

Wetlands:Characteristics and Boundaries, Committee on Character-ization of Wetlands, National Research Council (NRC), 1995  (4.87 MB)

Wetlands Engineering Handbook, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wetlands Research Program, ERDC/EL-

TR-WRP-RE-21, March 2000  (9.08 MB)

Wetland Flora of the Grand Calumet River in Northwest Indiana: Potential Impacts of Sediment Removal and Recommendations for Restoration, Young D. Choi, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Calumet, 2000  (7.67 MB)

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