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• US Forest Service North Central Research Center  
  USFHM is a national program designed to determine the status, changes, and trends in indicators of forest condition on an annual basis. 
• Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis Field Production Report Generator   
  US Forest Service. This is a database is comprised of common forest resource attributes. Customized tables can be made based on selections such as geographic region, stand type and and age, forest type and class, etc.
• National Resource Inventory  
  Natural Resource Conservation Service. Obtain raw spatial NRI datasets for  wetland, forest, irrigation, land use and conservation tillage.

• National Wetlands Mapping Tool  
  US Fish and Wildlife. National Wetlands Mitigation Banking Study
• Federal Wetlands Conservation Activities
• National Water Summary on Wetland Resources.  
  USGS. An overview of our knowledge of wetlands-what they are, where they are found, why they are important, and the controversies surrounding them, with an emphasis on hydrology.
• National Wetlands Data download  
  US Fish and Wildlife. Wetland map data - Many downloads with a dictionary for terms needed for query. Has GIS data for each state. 
• National Resource Inventory  
  Natural Resource Conservation Service. Obtain raw spatial NRI datasets for  wetland, forest, irrigation, land use and conservation tillage.
• Hydric Soils of the United States  
  Iowa State University.  Reference information for the taxonomy of soil types in wetlands.  
• WATERSHEDS  
  North Carolina State University. A quick reference tool to examine water quality and physical, chemical and biological constraints on people and the wetland, stream, and lake biota.
• Wetlands Breaking News
  Newsletter from the Association of State Wetland Managers. Contains information on publications, conferences, legislative efforts and more.

• Riverine Emergency Management Manual
  USACE.    This manual describes the basic data requirements, theory of operation, and documents the variables used to code input data files.
• National Riverine Data 
  Natural Resource Conservation Service.  Site identifies  broad spatial patterns in riverine wetland distribution.
• Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program
  USACE.  This site details the Federal-State partnership to restore and monitor the natural resources river system as described by the Upper Mississippi River Management Act of 1986 (P. L. 99-662).  "EMP consists of five elements: 1) Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Projects (HREP), 2) Long Term Resource Monitoring, 3) Recreation Projects, 4) Economic Impacts of Recreation and 5) Navigation Monitoring. 

• Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act I
   US Forest Service. Since the passage of this law in 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been working with coastal States to acquire, restore, manage, or enhance coastal wetlands through a matching grants program. To date, $62.6 million in grant monies have been awarded to 24 coastal States and one U.S. Territory and over 87,000 acres of coastal wetlands have been acquired, protected, or restored.
• Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act II
  This site contains information on projects in Louisiana funded by the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Projects can be searched by title, basin, agency or planning years. Information provided includes maps, satellite imagery, progress, description and technical reports. Projects outside of Louisiana and general grant information can also be reached from this site.
• Coastal America
  NOAA.  The Coastal America process joins the efforts of Federal agencies with those of State, local, and private alliances to collaboratively address environmental problems along our Nation's coasts. The Federal partners include those agencies with principle responsibilities for the stewardship of coastal resources, those with responsibilities for infrastructure development and maintenance, and those whose activities impact coastal environments.
• North American Waterfowl Management Plan. 
  US Fish & Wildlife Service.  An international effort to restore wildfowl populations.  NAWMP is similar to Coastal America in that agencies use their individual authorities collaboratively to build projects that contribute to the NAWMP goals.  The NAWMP site reports dollars spent and acres of habitat secured.

• Superfund Databases
  EPA.  Comprehensive collection of data, reports and status of all superfund sites.
• Site Investigation & Restoration Program in Delaware
  State of Delaware.  GIS and information site for hazardous waste, superfund and brownfield sites.
• Hazardous Material Locations and Toxic Effects 
  US Department of Health.  Features where hazardous materials are located and the associated toxicology findings.

• Brownfield Site
  EPA.  Descriptions of brownfield sites accessed through map.
• Brownfield Decision Support Tools Research Project
  Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh.  The Brownfield Center is a research center focused on developing decision support tools to assist in redevelopment of Brownfield sites.  A joint project from 
• Brownfield Assistance from State and Regional Agencies
  Brownfields Non-Profit Network.  General information about Brownfields from a grass roots point of view - lists agencies that can help in community  brownfield efforts.

• Toxic Releases 
  EPA. Site has a regional, statistical data base with info on water and air quality, and hazardous and toxic wastes.
• Hazardous Materials Links
  Poland Maine Emergency Management Agency.  Links to chemical databases, toxic substance databases and MSDS.