Assessment of created wetland performance in Illinois /

Wetlands are extremely valuable natural features that have decreased significantly in number over time in Illinois and the United States ... Their important functions include flood protection, water conservation in times of drought, groundwater recharge, improvement of water quality through sediment reduction and contaminant removal, and providing habitat for native animals and plants, including many sensitive and state-listed threatened and endangered species ... Due to a federal "no net loss" policy on wetlands adopted through executive order by President George H. Bush in 1990, as well as a prevailing heightened interest in conservation in general, there is currently considerable interest in the restoration and creation of wetlands. Both Section-404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the Swampbuster Provision of the Food Securities Act of 1985 require compensation or mitigation for the loss of wetlands. A number of federal and state programs such as Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and the Conservation Reserve Program within the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourage wetland restoration and creation. In addition, various conservation organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy and Ducks Unlimited are very active in wetland restoration. Despite wetland restoration efforts and the national goal of no net loss, wetlands and wetland functions continue to be lost due to degradation of existing wetlands ... Unfortunately, no reliable information exists on the quality of existing wetlands or on trends in wetland quality over time ... The functional quality of existing wetlands is likely decreasing in many areas due to the combined effects of habitat fragmentation, alteration of hydrology, invasive species, and continued input of nutrients and pollutants. Furthermore, it is still debatable whether created or restored wetlands can adequately replace the suite of ecological functions provided by natural wetlands ... and the failure of many wetland compensation projects contributes to a continued national net loss of wetland functions ... The need for post-construction site monitoring and assessment of created and restored wetlands to evaluate functional success is widely recognized. ... At this time, there is little agreement on how to assess the success on quality of wetland restorations or creations.

The Mexican southern railway, to be constructed under a charter from the Mexican government, through the states of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Effects of wastewater treatment facilities on wetlands in the Midwest /

Mode of access: Internet.

Louisiana wetlands prospectus: conclusions, recommendations, and proposals.

Includes bibliographical references.

Nuclear and chemical safety, Y2K issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, February 24, 1999.

Shipping list no.: 99-0276-P.

Flaming Gorge Dam and powerplant. Constructed 1958-1964; Colorado River storage project, Utah.

Bibliography: p. 528-530.

The expedience and method of providing assurances for the poor, and of adopting the improved constitution of freindly societies, constructed upon principles calculated to ensure their stability and prevent their insolvency, and governed by regulations in conformity with the act 10 Geo. IV. c.56. Submitted to he consideration of the trustees and managers of the Bank for savings for the hundred of Hinckford in the county of Essex.

Additions and corrections in manuscript.

History and description of an ambulance wagon constructed in accordance with plans furnished by the writer /

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A system of English grammar; constructed upon the basis of Murray's grammar, and adapted to the use of schools, academies, and private learners.

Mode of access: Internet.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory Project /

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The conventual buildings of Blackfriars, London, and the playhouses constructed therein.

Detached from Studies in philology, v. 14, pt. 2

Bonham and Cottonwood pipelines and Molina power plants, constructed 1959-1963, Collbran Project, Colo. Technical record of design and construction.

Mode of access: Internet.

Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems ...

Accompanied by "Supplement" (2 v. : plates)

Wetlands of the United States : current status and recent trends /

Mode of access: Internet.