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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

   RELATED - January 12, 2007 final version:  New England Division US Army Corps wetland mitigation checklist and guidance.

Final Rulemaking Decision reached on L.D. 1952: An Act to Streamline the Administration of Significant Vernal Pool Habitat Protection

Related: MAWS Feb. 7, 2008 comments presented to the State Legislature's Natural Resources Committee regarding LD 1952: An Act to Streamline the Administration of Significant Vernal Pool Habitat Protection

related: Baldwin, R.F., Calhoun, A.J.K, and DeMaynadier, P.G. The Significance of hydroperiod and stand maturity for pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1604-1615. (2006)

     Presentation Materials from the Feb. 07, 2008 MAWS workshop on Rapanos guidance from Ruth Ladd of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:

- for more info on CWA jurisdiction, check out the meeting notes/minutes page and download Ruth Ladd's presentation materials from MAWS' Feb. 7, 2008 meeting on the subject (above)

 

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