• Best Management Practices for Working in Nontidal Wetlands, Wetland Buffers, Waterways, and 100-Year Floodplains
                     
• Maryland's Guidelines for Waterway Construction ​

• The Wetlands Restoration Guidebook
  A reference for educators
  

• Citizen's Guide to Nontidal Wetland Mitigation Monitoring
  A methods manual for wetlands creation/restoration/enhancement monitoring

• Chesapeake Bay Wetlands: The Vital Link Between the Watershed and the Bay
  EPA 903-R-97-002 CBP/TRS-160/97
  March 1997
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Chesapeake Bay Program Office
  410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109
  Annapolis, Maryland 21403
  Order Information: 1-800-YOUR BAY
  OR
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  177 Admiral Cochrane Drive
  Annapolis, Maryland 21401
  Order Information: (410) 573-4500

• Classification of ​Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
  

• Coastal Wetlands of Maryland (39 MB)
  This landmark 1982 report is now available in electronic format! This report on Maryland's tidal wetlands identifies, analyzes, and measures tidal wetland communities by vegetation communities and describes habitat values and functions by wetland type. The report accompanies the regulatory tidal wetland boundary maps. The information provides the historic baseline against which future wetland inventories, regulatory decisions, and evaluation of changes to wetland resources are made.

• Wetland Delineations

  • Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual 1987
    National Technical Information Service
    5285 Port Royal Road
    Springfield, Virginia 22161
    Order Information: (703) 605-6000
    Stock Number: ADA 176734

  • Supplements to the U.S. Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manuals

• Development of a Level 3 Wetland Assessment Template
  Maryland Department of the Environment

• Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification
  IWEER (Institute for Wetland & Environmental Education & Research)
  P.O. Box 288
  Leverett, Maryland 01054
  Order Information: (413) 548-8866

• Hydric soils

  • Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States
    
  • Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic United States
  • Guide to Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic Region
    
  • Protocol for Using and Interpreting IRIS Tubes

• Hydric Soil Tech​nical Standards
  Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Literature Review for Development of Maryland Wetland Monitoring Strategy: Review of Evaluation Methods
  Maryland Department of the Environment            

• Plant Lists

  • 1996 National List of Vascular Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands
    U.S. Corps of Engineers

  • NRCS Plants Database

  • Plant Invaders of the Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Wetland Plants

• Protecting Wetlands II: Technical and Financial Assistance Programs for Local Governments in the Chesapeake Bay Region
  EPA 903-R-98-002 CBP/TRS-195/98
  February 1998
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Chesapeake Bay Program Office
  410 Severn Avenue
  Annapolis, Maryland 21403
  Order Information: 1-800-YOUR BAY
  http://www.chesapeakebay.net/

• Restoration Funding

• Shore Erosion Control Guidelines
  The Wetlands and Waterways Program recognized the need to to improve standards and review criteria for a common activity in tidal wetlands: installation of shoreline stabilization. Vegetative stabilization has become increasingly more favored since the 1980's. More contractors today with primary expertise in hard structural practices are incorporating vegetative elements in areas where the practice is less suitable, or may require a combination of vegetative and hard controls. In some of these cases, there is some question as to whether or not the created marsh is providing the functions typically associated with tidal wetlands: shoreline stabilization, water quality, and habitat. The Tidal Wetlands Division, Wetlands and Waterways Program recognized the need to evaluate shoreline stabilization and marsh creation projects for effectiveness in both erosion control and wildlife habitat. In partnership with the University of Maryland, the Program began a study to evaluate shoreline stabilization and marsh creation projects for effectiveness for both erosion control and wildlife habitat. The findings of the study have resulted in new guidelines for marsh creation and accompanying sample drawings. Guidelines will assist regulators, contractors, and the regulated community in selecting the most appropriate shoreline stabilization protection for protecting shorelines, water quality, and habitat.

Drawings:

• Shore Erosion Control Text 
  

  Maryland Department of the Environment
  

• Soils

  • Soil Surveys (Published for each County in Maryland)
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Natural Resources Conservation Service
    Maryland State Office
    John Hanson Business Center
    339 Busch's Frontage Road, Suite 301
    Annapolis, Maryland 21401
    Order Information: (410) 757-0861

  • Soil Data Viewer
    Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Status and Trends (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service):

  • Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 1998 to 2004
  • Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 1986 to 1997 
  • Status and Recent Trends of Wetlands in Five Mid-Atlantic States
  • Wetland Status and Trends in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  • Wetland Status and Trends in Calvert County, Maryland
  • Wetland Status and Trends in Charles County, Maryland
  • Wetland Status and Trends in Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Wetland Status and Trends for Selected Areas of Dorchester County, Maryland and Vicinity
  • Wetland Status and Trends in Prince George's County, Maryland
    

 

• Watershed-based Wetland Characterization for Maryland's Nanticoke River and Coastal Bays Watershed: a Preliminary Assessment Report (PDF, 212 pages)
  
• National Wetlands Inventory
  

• Wells/Piezometers

  • Technical Standard for Water-Table Monitoring of Potential Wetland Sites
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program​
    

  • Installing Monitoring Wells/Piezometers in Wetlands
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program
    

• Wetlands of Maryland
  U.S. Department of the Fish and Wildlife
  National Wetlands Inventory

• Wetlands Restoration Guidebook

   

• Assessment Techniques

• A Method for the Assessment of Wetland Function​
  Water and Science Administration
  Nontidal Wetlands & Waterway Construction divisions
  Maryland Department of the Environment
  1800 Washington Blvd.
  Baltimore, Maryland 21230.
  Order Information: (410) 537-3745

• Habitat Evaluation Procedure​
  

• New Hampshire Method
  NRCS
  Federal Building.
  2 Madbury Rd.
  Durham, New Hampshire 03824-1499
  

• Wetland Evaluation Technique
  National Technical Information Service
  5285 Port Royal Road
  Springfield, Virginia 22161
  Order Information: (703) 605-6000
  Volume I 4-87-1
  ADA 259108
  Volume II updated
  PB 89143028