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 Certification of Wetland Scientists/Delineators Subcommittee Updates and News
 Vernal Pool Technical Committee Updates and News

Wetland & Regulatory News

 Guidelines for disposal of Terrestrial Invasive Plants

 Pattie Aho Named Acting Commissioner of Maine Department of Environmental Protection

 Revision of the New England District Compensatory Mitigation Guidance http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/reg/10/spn072010.pdf
 University of Maine Wetland Resources
 LURC's 2010 Comprehensive Land Use Plan was adopted and signed by Governor Baldacci on March 16, 2010. Check it out here.
 Interim Northcentral And Northeast Regional Supplement For Corps 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (click here)
 Ongoing proposed revisions to Maine's Site Law, Stormwater and related provisions
 S.787: Clean Water Restoration Act - A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over  waters of the United States.
 Maine Caddisfly Larvae Surveys
 Phragmites: Like another famous alien, it apparently gets its power from Earth's red sun....
 April 27, 2009: New York Times article on UMaine graduate student and MAWS stipend winner Amanda Shearin and her research on amphibian  populations in remote ponds "On a Hunt for Fishless Lakes, Teeming With Life" 
 Maine State Government Weekly Published Public Notices
 April 27, 2009: New York Times article on UMaine graduate student and MAWS stipend winner Amanda Shearin and her research on amphibian  populations in remote ponds "On a Hunt for Fishless Lakes, Teeming With Life" 
  09 January 2009: Maine Awarded Nearly $490K to Boost Wetlands Protection (click for more information)
 US ARMY CORPS RELEASES FINAL RULE ON COMPENSATORY WETLAND MITIGATION