Category Archives: wetland restoration

In preparing for a conservation commission meeting, I have been learning more about the tar sands crude oil pipelines and the potential impacts they have on water resources. Previously, I had heard about the tar sands and oil spill on … Continue reading

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It’s been 25 years since I last went ice fishing. I remember that the ice was so thick that Mainiacs drove their brand new Buicks across the ice, and even raced cars across frozen lakes in northern Maine.  But conditions … Continue reading

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American Carbon Registry Initiates Approval of World’s First Carbon Offset Methodology for Deltaic Wetland Restoration January 18, 2012 American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, announces an open public comment period for a first-of-its-kind carbon offset methodology … Continue reading

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What Do I Do With This Sludge? A Wetland Restoration Report and Plea for Advice. By Chris Helzer – The Prairie Ecologist – November 21, 2011 This fall, we completed (mostly) a wetland restoration project I’ve been trying to finish … Continue reading

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On Earth Day 2004 President Bush announced that wetland gains achieved through restoration and creation had surpassed wetland losses achieving no net loss of wetlands for the first time.  The  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Status and Trends report … Continue reading

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My 16-year old brother is President of his high school class.  He thinks it’s fairly common when his science class goes on a field trip or takes place outside. His high school has a Water Quality Monitoring Team, a Climate … Continue reading

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What is dredging? Underwater excavation is called “dredging.” Usually when people think of “dredged material,” they imagine the murky water from the sediments stirred up in the process of dredging a river, waterway or wetland. For example, the Army Corps … Continue reading

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Wasting Wetlands http://outdoornews.poorfish.com/ 2011/05/16/wasting-wetlands.aspx

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An “eager beaver” is a particularly zealous person keen on succeeding. The phrase is inspired by the animal’s industrious ways, so literally, “to beaver away” means to work very hard at something admirable. Beavers live in riparian habitat and have … Continue reading

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