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Science activity #50125, updated 29 April 2022

National Wetland Condition Assessment [NWCA]

Description / purpose

The National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) is a statistical survey that begins to address some of the gaps in our understanding of wetland health by providing information on the ecological condition of the nation’s wetlands and stressors most commonly associated with poor condition. The NWCA is designed to answer basic questions about the extent to which our nation’s wetlands support healthy ecological conditions and the prevalence of key stressors at the national and regional scale. It is intended to complement and build upon the achievements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wetland Status and Trends Program, which characterizes changes in wetland acreage across the conterminous United States. Paired together, these two efforts provide government agencies, wetland scientists, and the public with comparable, scientifically-defensible information documenting the current status and, ultimately, trends in both wetland quantity (i.e., area) and quality (i.e., ecological condition).

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

  • 1 Awarded / Initiating (1972)
  • 2 In progress / Ongoing (1972 - 2012)
  • 3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins
Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type Title Description Views
Link Indicators Used in the National Aquatic Resource Surveys For the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS), 0
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment 2016 Site Evaluation Guidelines This document, National Wetland Condition Assessme 1
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment 2016 Quality Assurance Project Plan This document (Quality Assurance Project Plan) con 0
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment 2016 Lab Operations Manual This document (Laboratory Operations Manual) conta 1
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment 2016 Field Operations Manual This document (Field Operations Manual) contains a 1
Link National Wetlands Condition Assessment - Main Webpage The National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) i 0
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment Manuals Various manuals are used to communicate the method 0
Data National Wetland Condition Assessment Data Data (.csv files) and metadata from past assessmen 1
Link National Wetland Condition Assessment Supporting Partners (2011) As indicated in the "National Wetland Condition As 0