NAWM
The National Association of Wetland Managers is a nonprofit membership organization established in 1983 to promote and enhance protection and management of wetland resources, to promote application of sound science to wetland management efforts and to provide training and education for our members and the public. Membership is open to anyone who is involved with wetland resources.
Status & Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous U.S. from 2009-2019
Held Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET
PRESENTERS [PRESENTATION PDF]
- Megan Lang, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Jeff Ingebritsen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
ABSTRACT
On March 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released its sixth edition of the “Wetlands Status and Trends” report to Congress. The report, Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 2009-2019, reveals that wetlands – 95 percent of which are freshwater — covered less than 6 percent of the lower 48 states as of 2019 – which is half the area they covered in the 1780s. The report also identifies that loss rates have increased by 50 percent since 2009 and that without additional conservation actions taken to protect these ecosystems, wetland loss will likely continue, reducing ecosystem benefits for people and habitat for fish, wildlife and plants. Report authors shared highlights from the report, including the methods used to collect and interpret wetland data, drivers of change, and the report’s conclusions and Storymap.
BIOS
Megan Lang is Chief Scientist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory Program and Project Lead for the Wetlands Status and Trends study. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Wetlands. Dr. Lang has been working to improve the assessment of aquatic ecosystems through field and remote sensing studies for over two decades. Before working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, she led the U.S. Department of Agricultural Mid-Atlantic Regional Wetland Conservation Effects Assessment Project.
Jeff Ingebritsen is a GIS Specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory since 2013. He serves as the data manager for the Wetlands Status and Trends study. In addition to Status and Trends, Jeff works on various cartography, spatial analysis, and scripting projects for NWI. Jeff lives with his family in southern Wisconsin, where he enjoys gardening, cooking, and making music.
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Integrated Watershed Management Planning: Southeast Workshop Introduction and Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resiliency
Held Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
NAWM, in partnership with the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) through a cooperative agreement with the US EPA, is engaged in a training program to advance the integration of Clean Water act Programs with natural hazard mitigation planning and implementation. The focus of the training is on integrating programs to improve interagency planning and implementation of co-beneficial projects that reduce flood risk and improve water quality, among other benefits. Through this webinar, we recapped the first workshop held in Cincinnati in 2023, introduced information for our next workshop to focus on the Southeast in 2024, and highlighted a coastal green infrastructure project from Florida Sea Grant. See information on the 2024 Integrated Watershed Management Planning Workshop.
INTRODUCTION
- Ian Grosfelt, National Association of Wetland Managers [PRESENTATION PDF]
PRESENTER
- Haley Cox, Florida Sea Grant [PRESENTATION PDF]
ABSTRACT
Nature-based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico
Coastal areas in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico region experience disproportionate exposure to climate risks such as sea level rise (SLR) and intensifying storms. The City of Cedar Key, Florida is a small municipality (population < 750) in this region with particularly high exposure to climate hazards. In 2020, the NOAA tide gauge in Cedar Key recorded the 4th highest rate of SLR acceleration in the nation, and local sea level has risen nearly six inches since 1992 (Malmquist, 2021; VIMS 2022). The low-lying topography, deteriorating stormwater infrastructure, high exposure of Gulf hazards, and the accelerating rate of SLR combine to create extensive vulnerabilities to flooding and shoreline erosion.
Since 2014, the City of Cedar Key and its residents have collaborated with multidisciplinary project teams to develop nature-based solutions to erosion and coastal flooding. From 2016-2021, several living shorelines were constructed around Cedar Key’s Daughtry Bayou to address erosion impacts through restoration of shoreline habitat. Current projects such as Cedar Key ShOREs (Shoreline Options for Resilience and Equity), funded by the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program, focus on achieving equitable shoreline and stormwater management solutions through community-supported green infrastructure installations. This presentation highlighted the role of these projects in natural hazard mitigation, water quality protection, and habitat enhancement.
BIO
Haley Cox is a Coastal Resilience Program Coordinator for Florida Sea Grant responsible for expanding extension and education programs related to climate and resilience along Florida’s Nature Coast and other vulnerable areas of the state. Haley previously worked as an Environmental Specialist in the Water Resources Division of the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, where her responsibilities included implementing educational programs focused on reducing nonpoint source pollution in urban watersheds, coordinating community outreach events, and conducting water quality monitoring. Prior to this, Haley worked in the Wetlands and Water Quality Laboratory at University of Florida, where she was involved in a variety of environmental studies across Florida, including the construction and monitoring of living shorelines in Cedar Key and other coastal communities. She has a B.A. in Sustainability Studies with minors in Soil and Water Science and Environmental Science from the University of Florida.
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Wetland Water Quality Standards Webinars
Water quality standards for wetlands have proven a challenging topic over the years. Under a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NAWM undertook a project to identify best practices that can be used in the development of water quality standards for wetlands. The goal of the project was to help the states prepare and adopt water quality standards for wetlands. A webinar series was also held from June 2011 through January 2012 and the various presentations can be accessed from the list below:
2012
May 31, 2012 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT
Wetland Water Quality Standards Webinar
April 19, 2012 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
Overview of State Water Quality Standards for Wetlands Report Revisions and Next Steps for States and EPA
March 22, 2012 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
Pilot States' One-Day Meeting Reports
February 16, 2012 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
Review and Discussion on Draft Model Regulation
To view Jon Kusler, National Association of Wetland Managers presentation, click here.
January 26, 2012 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT
Impaired Waters and Wetland Water Quality Standards
To view Mark Gernes, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency presentation, click here.
To view Kevin Molloy, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency presentation, click here.
2011
December 15, 2011 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT
Impaired Waters
To view Jon Kusler, National Association of Wetland Managers presentation, click here.
November 17, 2011 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
Narrative and Numeric Criteria
To view John Bender, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality slide, click here.
To view Jon Kusler, National Association of Wetland Managers presentation, click here.
October 13, 2011 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT
Anti-degradation
To view Eric Shaw and Doug Fry, Florida Department of Environmental Protection presentation, click here.
To view Randall Phillips, Tennessee Department of Environment presentation, click here.
September 22, 2011 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT
Aligning Sources of Pollution, Designated Uses and Wetland Functions
To view presentation, click here.
August 18 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
To view John Dorney, NCDENR, presentation, click here.
To view Mark Gernes presentation, click here.
July 14, 2011 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT
June 22, 2011 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT
To view presentation, click here.
The National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) is passionate about knowledge sharing. As part of NAWM’s mission, providing training is key to ensuring our members are using the most scientifically up to date methods and information to run successful, effective, and efficient wetland programs. While online trainings have their advantages, nothing can take the place of in-person opportunities to learn and practice implementing new strategies with your peers in person and in the field. In addition to these opportunities, NAWM members can receive discounts for in-person trainings and other courses at partner organizations. For more information on other trainings, please contact NAWM’s Office Manager, Laura Burchill, at 207-892-3399.
NAWM’s current in-person training opportunities are listed below:
Southwest Tribal Clean Water Act Training
March 4-7, 2024
Albuquerque, NM
Integrated Watershed Management and Hazard Mitigation Planning Workshop
November 13-15, 2024
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
How to Receive a Certificate of Attendance for the January 24, 2024, NAWM Members’ Webinar: The "Chevron Doctrine" and How an Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Decision May Change the Way Federal Environmental Regulations are Written and Challenged in Court
Using the ClassMarker online system, NAWM will ask you to certify that you attended the entire live NAWM Members' webinar: The "Chevron Doctrine" and How an Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Decision May Change the Way Federal Environmental Regulations are Written and Challenged in Court on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern.
Please do the following:
- Choose "NAWM Member Free Certificate" in the box below.
- Once you are in ClassMarker, click on Start and enter your email address and create a password.
- Do not click on Log in and Resume. The Resume button is there in case you misplace this specific certificate and need to retrieve it again. It won’t work for future webinar certificates.
- You will need to create a new password for each webinar certificate you wish to obtain.
- Then follow the prompts and enter your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate and answer the 2 questions about membership and attending the live webinar.
Answering “yes” to the question about your attendance will automatically qualify you to receive a certificate for your attendance. Answering “no” will result in no certificate being issued.
You will be prompted to download your Certificate of Attendance from ClassMarker after you complete the questions.
Once you download your certificate, you can then submit it to the accrediting organization of your choice to potentially receive continuing education units/credits.
All Certificates must be claimed no later than 60 days from the live presentation.
I am a NAWM Member: If you received a free trial to attend this webinar and have not purchased a membership, you must select the non-member certificate link to receive your certificate. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Burchill at laura@nawm.org or contact the NAWM office at (207) 892-3399. |
How to Receive a Certificate of Attendance for the January 23, 2024 NAWM Hot Topics Webinar: Integrated Watershed Management Planning: Southeast Workshop Introduction and Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resiliency
Using the ClassMarker online system, NAWM will ask you to certify that you attended the entire live NAWM Hot Topics webinar: “Integrated Watershed Management Planning: Southeast Workshop Introduction and Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resiliency” on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 from 3:00-4:00pm Eastern.
Please do the following:
- Choose one of the options from the box below. (NAWM Member or Non-Member). To receive a free certificate, you must be a current member on the date the webinar is held.
- Once you are in ClassMarker, click on Start and enter your email address and create a password.
- Do not click on Log in and Resume. The Resume button is there in case you misplace this specific certificate and need to retrieve it again. It won’t work for future webinar certificates.
- You will need to create a new password for each webinar certificate you wish to obtain.
- Then follow the prompts and enter your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate and answer the 2 questions about membership and attending the live webinar.
Answering “yes” to the question about your attendance will automatically qualify you to receive a certificate for your attendance. Answering “no” will result in no certificate being issued.
You will be prompted to download your Certificate of Attendance from ClassMarker after you complete the quiz.
Once you download your certificate, you can then submit the certificate to the accrediting organization of your choice to potentially receive continuing education units/credits.
All Certificates must be claimed no later than 60 days from the live presentation.
If you are not a current NAWM Member, you must select the non-member certificate link to receive your certificate.
A) Select the Non-member Certificate Option to get your certificate. All non-NAWM Members are required to pay a $25.00 certificate processing fee. You will be prompted to pay the processing fee using PayPal, with the option to sign in as either a PayPal member or as a guest (not requiring a PayPal account and using your credit card). B) We encourage you to go to the NAWM.org website and become a member so that you can receive certificates at no charge for the next 12 months. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Burchill at laura@nawm.org or contact the NAWM office at (207) 892-3399. |
This first of five Advancing the Integration of Clean Water Act and Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning and Implementation project workshops was held September 12-13, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The workshop aimed to facilitate collaborative partnerships and build cross-governmental relationships and awareness of what is going on in different departments, agencies, and at various levels of government in terms of hazard mitigation and water resource protection planning and program development. Participating states included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio. The workshop brought participants together with a cadre of leaders in the fields of water and hazards management. Throughout the workshop, discussions were held on integration and partnering, coming to a common language on frequently used water quality and hazard mitigation terms, floodplains, wetlands, and green infrastructure, hazard mitigation, local permitting & regulations, funding mechanisms and how to combine funding sources, and benefit-cost analysis. A mobile tour of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati’s Lick Run Project was included as well. The event was hosted by the National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) and the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), funded by an EPA cooperative agreement.
The workshop program can be reviewed here.
The workshop included a mobile tour of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati’s Lick Run Project. Completed in 2021, is a "green" wet weather project that focuses on reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the Cincinnati neighborhood of South Fairmount into Mill Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River. The project uses a combination of green infrastructure, dedicated storm sewers, and real-time controls to eliminate over 800 million gallons annually of CSOs into the creek. This mobile tour will start at Lick Run Greenway’s Forebay Pond before going into the watershed to see its bioswale and stream restoration projects, ending at Headwaters Park.
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How to Receive a Certificate of Attendance for the December 12, 2023 NAWM Hot Topics Webinar: 2023 MAWWG-NEBAWWG Webinar Series: #2: Wetland Mapping, Modeling, and Assessing
Using the ClassMarker online system, NAWM will ask you to certify that you attended the entire live NAWM Hot Topics webinar: “2023 MAWWG-NEBAWWG Webinar Series: #2: Wetland Mapping, Modeling, and Assessing” on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 3:00-4:00pm Eastern.
Please do the following:
- Choose one of the options from the box below. (NAWM Member or Non-Member). To receive a free certificate, you must be a current member on the date the webinar is held.
- Once you are in ClassMarker, click on Start and enter your email address and create a password.
- Do not click on Log in and Resume. The Resume button is there in case you misplace this specific certificate and need to retrieve it again. It won’t work for future webinar certificates.
- You will need to create a new password for each webinar certificate you wish to obtain.
- Then follow the prompts and enter your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate and answer the 2 questions about membership and attending the live webinar.
Answering “yes” to the question about your attendance will automatically qualify you to receive a certificate for your attendance. Answering “no” will result in no certificate being issued.
You will be prompted to download your Certificate of Attendance from ClassMarker after you complete the quiz.
Once you download your certificate, you can then submit the certificate to the accrediting organization of your choice to potentially receive continuing education units/credits.
All Certificates must be claimed no later than 60 days from the live presentation.
If you are not a current NAWM Member, you must select the non-member certificate link to receive your certificate.
A) Select the Non-member Certificate Option to get your certificate. All non-NAWM Members are required to pay a $25.00 certificate processing fee. You will be prompted to pay the processing fee using PayPal, with the option to sign in as either a PayPal member or as a guest (not requiring a PayPal account and using your credit card). B) We encourage you to go to the NAWM.org website and become a member so that you can receive certificates at no charge for the next 12 months. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Burchill at laura@nawm.org or contact the NAWM office at (207) 892-3399. |
What will communities invited to participate receive? |
Invited communities will:
- Attend one training workshop the year their regional cohort is the focus of the project
- Learn about collaboration opportunities to plan and implement green infrastructure projects with multiple benefits between programs
- Connect with other states and communities in their geographical area to discuss ideas and build a community of practice
- Participate in the project cohort call series to share out progress and continue to cover emerging issues
- Be eligible to receive up to 12 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) towards CFM renewal requirements
WHO SHOULD BE NOMINATED?
Any community or tribe interested in participating. Note, even if your regional cohort will not be engaged for a few years, you can nominate yourself at any time. We will keep a running list.
ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR NOMINATED COMMUNITIES OR TRIBES?
Yes, because the goal of this project is to build cross-sector, cross-government relationships, one water resources-related manager and one emergency manager from the community or tribe must be committed to attending the training workshop and participating in the cohort calls. Note, if a community is too small to have a water resources-related manager, they can pull in someone from a local or regional organization to fill that role.
HOW CAN I NOMINATE A COMMUNITY?
Please fill out this Interest Submission Form
WHEN ARE NOMINATIONS DUE?
NAWM and ASFPM will start to process nominations for each year’s community selection in March but will still accept nominations on a rolling basis until the invitation list is complete.
HOW WILL INVITEES BE SELECTED FROM THE LIST OF NOMINATED COMMUNITIES?
To narrow down the list of nominated communities, states, and tribes to those most in need of a training like this, we will compare our list against other notables lists, such as:
- FEMA’s list of communities with active hazard mitigation plans;
- GAO’s list of EPA superfund sites that are at risk of flooding, storm surge, wildfires or sea level rise;
- the White House’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) tool;
- EPA’s EJScreen Mapper.
WHEN WILL TEAMS BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR SELECTION?
For the first cohort, NAWM will send out invitations to selected communities and tribes beginning in March of each year.
What costs should teams anticipate needing to cover to attend the workshop?
There is no registration fee associated with the workshop, but participants should expect to cover the cost of their travel, meal, and/or lodging.
NAWM has secured limited funding to partially offset these travel costs. Individuals in need of travel support will be asked to complete a request form and will be awarded support based on need. If everyone were to submit a request, travel support is expected to amount to around $500 per person for each workshop. Costs will be reimbursed after the event upon submission of receipts.
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How to Receive a Certificate of Attendance for the December 6, 2023, NAWM Members’ Webinar: Functional Wetland Loss in the American West: How Water Scarcity is Reshaping Wetland Ecosystems
Using the ClassMarker online system, NAWM will ask you to certify that you attended the entire live NAWM Members' webinar: Functional Wetland Loss in the American West: How Water Scarcity is Reshaping Wetland Ecosystems on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 from 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern.
Please do the following:
- Choose the appropriate option in the box below.
- Once you are in ClassMarker, click on Start and enter your email address and create a password.
- Do not click on Log in and Resume. The Resume button is there in case you misplace this specific certificate and need to retrieve it again. It won’t work for future webinar certificates.
- You will need to create a new password for each webinar certificate you wish to obtain.
- Then follow the prompts and enter your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate and answer the 2 questions about membership and attending the live webinar.
Answering “yes” to the question about your attendance will automatically qualify you to receive a certificate for your attendance. Answering “no” will result in no certificate being issued.
You will be prompted to download your Certificate of Attendance from ClassMarker after you complete the questions.
Once you download your certificate, you can then submit it to the accrediting organization of your choice to potentially receive continuing education units/credits.
All Certificates must be claimed no later than 60 days from the live presentation.
I am a NAWM Member: If you received a free trial to attend this webinar and have not purchased a membership, you must select the non-member certificate link to receive your certificate. A) Select the Non-member Certificate Option to get your certificate. All non-members are required to pay a $25.00 certificate processing fee. You will be prompted to pay the processing fee using PayPal, with the option to sign in as either a PayPal member or as a guest (not requiring a PayPal account and using your credit card). B) We encourage you to go to the NAWM.org website and become a member so that you can receive certificates at no charge for the next 12 months. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Burchill at laura@nawm.org or contact the NAWM office at (207) 892-3399. |
NAWM, in partnership with the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) through a cooperative agreement with the US EPA, is engaged in a training program to advance the integration of Clean Water act Programs with natural hazard mitigation planning and implementation. The focus of the training is on integrating programs to improve interagency planning and implementation of co-beneficial projects that reduce flood risk and improve water quality, among other benefits.
Historically, natural hazard programs have worked from a reactionary position to act quickly in response to natural disasters instead of mitigating impacts before disaster strikes. Likewise, water quality and aquatic resource programs have relied on an aging infrastructure system to support water quality needs a system that did not include considerations for climate change or the level of growth seen in certain regions of the country. Our nation is now much better equipped to predict natural hazards due to advances in technology and modeling, and a much more holistic understanding of the inter-relationships between wetland and natural floodplain functions, watershed dynamics, and the level of resiliency that nature-based solutions can provide for protecting communities from natural hazards. We also have a greater understanding of how these functions support water quality as well as many other co-benefits for communities, particularly those that are underserved and/or have limited capacity. This means we now have more opportunities to become proactive in how we manage risk, by working with natural ecosystems and employing their inherent functions to reduce risk from natural disasters and improve aquatic resource (and thus public) health.
Beginning in 2023, NAWM and ASFPM will host one in-person training workshop a year for five years. Each year, the workshop will be delivered to a different regional cohort, delineated in the map below:
2023: Cohort 1: Great Lakes/ Midwest area (Red) - Completed
September 12-13th, Andrew W. Breidenbach Research Center, Cincinnati, OH
2024: Cohort 2: Southeast (Green)
November 13-15th, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2025: Cohort 3: West (Purple)
2026: Cohort 4: Northeast (Yellow)
2027: Cohort 5: Great Plains (Blue)
Each regional cohort will include representative pairs from 9 communities, 9 states, and 2 Tribes. Although not pictured on the map below, U.S. territories will be included in this project with the regional cohort in Green and can recommend communities located within their territorial boundaries. The state and territory pairs will be from the same state or territory in which the local community is located to facilitate relationship building. We anticipate that we will reach participants from 45 states and 10 Tribes.
If you are interested in having your community participate in an upcoming training, please click here!
In addition to the five training workshops, there will be quarterly cohort calls and a ten-part webinar series on associated topics. The webinar recordings, materials and tools created for the training workshops, along with other information and resources on best practices, lessons learned, and relevant case studies will be posted online as they become available.
Publications
The Association conducts research and publishes reports, guidebooks, news articles, brochures, white papers, and summaries of findings of symposia and workshops. These are available electronically to all interested individuals and organizations.