Several projects have been completed or
are currently being conducted on the reservation in regards to
wetlands as follows:
Wetland Inventory – An updated
version of the National Wetland Inventory (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) has been completed for the reservation. The original
inventory was based on aerial photographs taken in 1978 and 1979.
The updated version of this inventory is based on 1991 photographs
and thus represents changes in roads and development since the
original inventory. A map of the updated inventory can be seen in
Map 5 – Fond du Lac Wetland Types in the Fond du Lac Wetland
Protection and Conservation Plan. If more detailed wetland
information is desired you can either go to the National Wetland
Inventory Interactive Mapper at www.nwi.fws.gov or contact Richard
Gitar, FDL Wetland Specialist. Contact information is at the bottom
of the preceeding page.
Fond du Lac Wetland Protection and
Conservation Plan – A wetland plan is a document used to
identify the resource and to outline ways to protect and conserve
that resource in a certain geographic area. In October of 1998, the
Fond du Lac Reservation Environmental Program received a grant from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a Wetland
Protection and Conservation Plan. This Plan was completed on October
4th of 2000 and adopted through Resolution #1343/00 by the
Reservation Business Committee on October 17th 2000. The Fond du Lac
Wetland Protection and Conservation Plan (FDL-WPCP) can be viewed
and downloaded on this website. The Plan includes the title page,
table of contents, main text, five maps, five tables, and the
resolution.
Index of Biological Integrity for
Forested Wetlands – In October of 2000, the Fond du Lac
Reservation began developing an Index of Biological Integrity (IBI)
for use with forested wetlands on the reservation. An IBI is a tool
used to determine the general health of a wetland based on the
plants and animals that are found in or are missing from a wetland.
This is an on-going project, and there are plans to develop IBIs for
Scrub Shrub, Emergent, and Aquatic Bed wetlands on the reservation.
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