Wetland Project Summaries (NC DWR)

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Wetland Research Project Summaries

Scientists working for the North Carolina Division of Water Resources during the past 20+ years have completed over 25 major research projects – gathering information about and benefiting North Carolina’s wetlands. Project summaries and links to final reports are below.

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2023 PDF Presentation Summary of All Research Project Findings

Wetland Quality/Function Assessment Interactive Map

Tool Development Projects

General Assessment:

Developing a database to facilitate Floristic Quality Assessment of wetlands in the Southeast

Mapping: Remote identification of wetland locations in North Carolina using GIS models

General Assessment: A tool for wetland evaluation using amphibians

Rapid Assessments:

Field verification of wetland functional assessment methods (NCWAM and ORAM)

Mapping: Accuracy assessment of wetland land cover mapping in NC mountains

Tool: Guide to Common Wetland Plants of North Carolina

Rapid Assessments:

Performance of rapid floristic quality assessment indices for increasing cost-effectiveness in wetland condition evaluation

Mapping: Evaluating the accuracy of National Wetland Inventory mapping in North Carolina

ONGOING – Tool: Update to the Field Guide to North Carolina Wetlands

Monitoring and Assessment of Condition Projects

Restored Wetlands:

Amphibian & macroinvertebrate communities in restored & reference wetlands

Riverine Forested Wetlands:

Southeast states wetland monitoring project

Unique Wetlands: Developing policy guidelines and locating unique wetlands

General Assessment: Assessment of change in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain wetlands

Isolated Wetlands:

Mapping and assessing geographically isolated wetlands in the Southeast Coastal Plain – Southeast Isolated Wetland Assessment “SEIWA”

General Assessment:

EPA’s National Wetland Condition Assessment (North Carolina)

Urban Wetlands:

Assessing water quality in natural urban wetlands

Isolated Wetlands:

Hydrologic connectivity, water quality function, and biocriteria of Coastal Plain geographically isolated wetlands

Headwater Wetlands: Study of Headwater Wetlands in the North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and Piedmont

Using natural wetlands for stormwater assimilation

ONGOIN G – Urban Wetlands: Quantifying flood storage in natural urban floodplain wetlands

Mitigation / Restoration Projects

Restored Wetlands:

Amphibian & macroinvertebrate communities in restored & reference wetlands

Restored Wetlands and Streams: Spatial relationship between approved impact and compensatory mitigation for aquatic resources in North Carolina

Restored Wetlands: Field evaluation of restored mitigation wetlands in North Carolina

Using natural wetlands for stormwater assimilation