Wetlands Research Guide

The IDNR Wetlands pages explain Illinois Wetlands Community types and soil classification, and provides general information on wetlands regulation and management in the state.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) home page contains a large volume on information regarding wetlands, including data services page provides links to other databases, a list of research issues, and education links. Visitors may also search the USGS NRWC library, and obtain information on interlibrary loan procedures.

This webpage provides more information about wetlands, their protection, and funding.

Federal programs administered by NRCS are the Wetland Conservation Provisions (WC, authorized in the 1985 Farm Bill), and the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP, authorized in the 1990 Farm Bill).

USACE, working in partnership with many other organizations, is helping to implement this policy by protecting, preserving, and restoring wetlands.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has an established list of Wetlands of International Importance. Beginning with the Convention held in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, wetlands around the globe have been so designated, in particular in relation to their importance as waterfowl habitat. Sites are routinely added, and there are currently more than 2400 such sites.

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN is working with the Ramsar Convention and Contracting Parties, but also with grassroots communities and river basin agencies, to implement wetland conservation as part of its water management work.

A non-profit Illinois corporation dedicated to restoring wetlands. The web site contains information on what wetlands are and why they are important, various publications, and projects they are involved with.

The mission of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is to promote understanding, conservation, protection, restoration, science-based management, and sustainability of wetlands.

Mission is to investigate the diversity, life histories, and ecology of the plants and animals of the state; to publish research results so that those resources can be managed wisely; and to provide information to the public in order to foster an understanding and appreciation of our natural heritage. Part of the Prairie Research Institute at UIUC.