{"id":1545,"date":"2016-09-29T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:33:33","slug":"wetland-jewels-nm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/defending-wildlands\/protecting-public-lands\/wetland-jewels-nm\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyas de humedales de Nuevo M\u00e9xico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_url=&#8221;https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wetland-Jewels-NM-1280.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; scroll_down_icon=&#8221;%%8%%&#8221; background_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; content_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; scroll_down_icon_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;padding: 100px 0 300px 0;&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;30px||40px|&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Wetland Jewels (NM)&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\">New Mexico Wetland Jewels<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\">We&#8217;re undertaking a project with Amigos Bravos to identify critical wetland jewels in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests of New Mexico. This will help forest managers prioritize protection of these areas that provide important ecological functions. Ultimately, Wetland Jewels can be used as a tool to build ecological and community resilience in the face of climate change. <a href=\"http:\/\/smumn.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c26c3b06242e4e3bac4e4c04f3839b27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to view the interactive story maps of these Wetland Jewels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By protecting Wetland Jewels across north-central New Mexico&#8217;s national forests, we do some the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">create habitat for wildlife<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">provide clean water for downstream communities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">mitigate the risk of flooding<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">maintain stream flow essential for irrigation along with wildlife and livestock forage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the process, we reduce climate impacts such as drought, decreased snow-pack, earlier runoff, and wildfire. Wetland jewels are a keystone element of action to foster resilient, interconnected, landscape-scale ecological and community systems in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2015, wetland scientists and GIS analysts at\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">GeoSpatial Services<\/span>\u00a0completed a project with the New Mexico Environment Department that updated and enhanced existing wetland information throughout Northeastern New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The following wetland functions, or wetland characteristics that contribute to wetland functionality, were chosen as priority wetland functions for this project:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Aquatic Invertebrate Habitat<\/strong> provides an indication of a wetland&#8217;s capacity to support an abundance and diversity of freshwater invertebrates that spend all of part of their life cycle underwater or in moist soils.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Carbon Sequestration<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness at retaining particulate and inorganic carbon, along with converting carbon dioxide gas into organic carbon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Coldwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with streams bearing cold water fish and invertebrate species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Discharge\u00a0<\/strong> wetlands are characterized by either outflow or through flow water flow paths and are contributing water to adjacent streams and rivers on a periodic or continuous basis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Fish Habitat<\/strong> (includes Fish Shade function) provides an indication of a wetland&#8217;s capacity to support an abundance of native fish species for functions other than spawning (e.g. cover\/refugia, foraging, and connectivity).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Headwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with first and second order perennial and intermittent streams according to the Strahler stream classification system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Impaired<\/strong> wetlands are associated with known impaired streams as identified through the spatial intersection of wetland boundaries with impaired streams data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Spring-fed\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are wetlands where the primary water supply is from a groundwater source in the form of either springs or seeps. Springs can be wholly contained within the wetland or positioned upslope so as to provide surface flow into the wetland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Streamflow Maintenance<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness to support the natural regime of the following four water sources: groundwater fluctuations, interflow through soil, precipitation events, and surface runoff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Surface Water Detention<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness to store water (long or short term) or delay the down-gradient movement of surface water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f1f3f2&#8243; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px|&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;30px||40px|&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Partners&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Partners<\/h3>\n<div class=\"field-item field-item-0\">\n<div class=\"field-item field-item-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amigosbravos.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Amigos-Bravos-Logo.png\" alt=\"Amigos Bravos logo\" width=\"120\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Related Documents&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Related Documents<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smumn.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c26c3b06242e4e3bac4e4c04f3839b27\">Carson National Forest Interactive Story Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smumn.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=70a492acfe8b415dba825a7866bb5afb\">Santa Fe National Forest Interactive Story Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Staff&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Staff<\/h3>\n<p>Erik Schlenker-Goodrich: <a href=\"\/about-us\/staff\/#erikschlenkergoodrich\">Bio<\/a> | <a href=\"\/tag\/erik-schlenker-goodrich\">Docket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"field_documents\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017.02.24-KSNM Intervene OR Mtn and Memo_0.pdf\">2017.02.24-KSNM Intervene OR Mtn and Memo.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017.02.24-KSNM Intervene Memo.pdf\">2017.02.24-KSNM Intervene Memo.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\">President Clinton designated the Klamath-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000. It is the first and only national monument specifically established to<br \/>\nprotect biological diversity. But ecologists agreed after the designation that many of the most important parts of the region were excluded from the monument&#8217;s boundaries. In 2015, 85 scientists concerned about increasing<br \/>\nthreats to the area signed a letter urging monument expansion in to better<br \/>\nprotect and connect important habitats for the monument\u2019s spectacular variety<br \/>\nof plants and animals \u201cwhose survival in the region,\u201d according the monument\u2019s<br \/>\noriginal proclamation, \u201cdepends upon its continued ecological integrity.\u201d In January 2017, President Obama expanded the monument to include these ecologically important areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Soon after, a timber company and the Association of O&amp;C Counties, keen on logging, filed separate lawsuits suggesting an obscure law requires the area be logged and supersedes the Antiquities Act, used to designate and expand the monument. They&#8217;re wrong, and we&#8217;re representing the Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, Klamath-Siskiyou Wild, Oregon Wild, and the Wilderness Society, defending the monument from this industry attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>(WELC project #484)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"field_project_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KSNM-thumb.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We&#8217;re undertaking a project with Amigos Bravos to identify critical wetland jewels in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests of New Mexico. This will help forest managers prioritize protection of these areas that provide important ecological functions. Ultimately, Wetland Jewels can be used as a tool to build ecological and community resilience in the face of climate change. <a href=\"http:\/\/smumn.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c26c3b06242e4e3bac4e4c04f3839b27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to view the interactive story maps of these Wetland Jewels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By protecting Wetland Jewels across north-central New Mexico&#8217;s national forests, we do some the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">create habitat for wildlife<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">provide clean water for downstream communities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">mitigate the risk of flooding<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">maintain stream flow essential for irrigation along with wildlife and livestock forage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the process, we reduce climate impacts such as drought, decreased snow-pack, earlier runoff, and wildfire. Wetland jewels are a keystone element of action to foster resilient, interconnected, landscape-scale ecological and community systems in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2015, wetland scientists and GIS analysts at\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">GeoSpatial Services<\/span>\u00a0completed a project with the New Mexico Environment Department that updated and enhanced existing wetland information throughout Northeastern New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The following wetland functions, or wetland characteristics that contribute to wetland functionality, were chosen as priority wetland functions for this project:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Aquatic Invertebrate Habitat<\/strong> provides an indication of a wetland&#8217;s capacity to support an abundance and diversity of freshwater invertebrates that spend all of part of their life cycle underwater or in moist soils.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Carbon Sequestration<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness at retaining particulate and inorganic carbon, along with converting carbon dioxide gas into organic carbon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Coldwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with streams bearing cold water fish and invertebrate species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Discharge\u00a0<\/strong> wetlands are characterized by either outflow or through flow water flow paths and are contributing water to adjacent streams and rivers on a periodic or continuous basis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Fish Habitat<\/strong> (includes Fish Shade function) provides an indication of a wetland&#8217;s capacity to support an abundance of native fish species for functions other than spawning (e.g. cover\/refugia, foraging, and connectivity).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Headwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with first and second order perennial and intermittent streams according to the Strahler stream classification system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Impaired<\/strong> wetlands are associated with known impaired streams as identified through the spatial intersection of wetland boundaries with impaired streams data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Spring-fed\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are wetlands where the primary water supply is from a groundwater source in the form of either springs or seeps. Springs can be wholly contained within the wetland or positioned upslope so as to provide surface flow into the wetland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Streamflow Maintenance<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness to support the natural regime of the following four water sources: groundwater fluctuations, interflow through soil, precipitation events, and surface runoff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Surface Water Detention<\/strong> measures a wetland&#8217;s ability and effectiveness to store water (long or short term) or delay the down-gradient movement of surface water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"field_project_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wetland gems by Jim Odonnell_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico Wetland Jewels We&#8217;re undertaking a project with Amigos Bravos to identify critical wetland jewels in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests of New Mexico. This will help forest managers prioritize protection of these areas that provide important ecological functions. Ultimately, Wetland Jewels can be used as a tool to build ecological and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":5597,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p class=\"p1\">We're undertaking a project with Amigos Bravos to identify critical wetland jewels in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests of New Mexico. This will help forest managers prioritize protection of these areas that provide important ecological functions. Ultimately, Wetland Jewels can be used as a tool to build ecological and community resilience in the face of climate change. <a href=\"http:\/\/smumn.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c26c3b06242e4e3bac4e4c04f3839b27\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the interactive story maps of these Wetland Jewels.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By protecting Wetland Jewels across north-central New Mexico's national forests, we do some the following:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">create habitat for wildlife<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">provide clean water for downstream communities\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">mitigate the risk of flooding<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">maintain stream flow essential for irrigation along with wildlife and livestock forage<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the process, we reduce climate impacts such as drought, decreased snow-pack, earlier runoff, and wildfire. Wetland jewels are a keystone element of action to foster resilient, interconnected, landscape-scale ecological and community systems in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2015, wetland scientists and GIS analysts at\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">GeoSpatial Services<\/span>\u00a0completed a project with the New Mexico Environment Department that updated and enhanced existing wetland information throughout Northeastern New Mexico.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The following wetland functions, or wetland characteristics that contribute to wetland functionality, were chosen as priority wetland functions for this project:<\/span><\/p><ol class=\"ol1\"><li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Aquatic Invertebrate Habitat<\/strong> provides an indication of a wetland's capacity to support an abundance and diversity of freshwater invertebrates that spend all of part of their life cycle underwater or in moist soils.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Carbon Sequestration<\/strong> measures a wetland's ability and effectiveness at retaining particulate and inorganic carbon, along with converting carbon dioxide gas into organic carbon.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Coldwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with streams bearing cold water fish and invertebrate species.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Discharge\u00a0<\/strong> wetlands are characterized by either outflow or through flow water flow paths and are contributing water to adjacent streams and rivers on a periodic or continuous basis.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Fish Habitat<\/strong> (includes Fish Shade function) provides an indication of a wetland's capacity to support an abundance of native fish species for functions other than spawning (e.g. cover\/refugia, foraging, and connectivity).<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Headwater\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are associated with first and second order perennial and intermittent streams according to the Strahler stream classification system.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Impaired<\/strong> wetlands are associated with known impaired streams as identified through the spatial intersection of wetland boundaries with impaired streams data.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Spring-fed\u00a0<\/strong>wetlands are wetlands where the primary water supply is from a groundwater source in the form of either springs or seeps. 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