MAWWG consists of participants representing federal and state regulatory personnel and scientists from the following states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. This focused membership includes both users and developers of monitoring and assessment tools. MAWWG holds regular meetings/workshops with the broad goal of developing and implementing wetland monitoring strategies for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Primary Goal
The primary goal of the MAWWG is to support a forum in which to facilitate the development and implementation of wetland monitoring strategies, including elements of a comprehensive wetland monitoring program, that meet the needs of the mid-Atlantic states (i.e., wetland monitoring programs to be implemented at the state level).
Secondary Goals
Secondary goals of the MAWWG include:
- The technical preparation necessary for improved coordination of surface water and wetland monitoring programs, with the eventual long-term incorporation of wetlands into traditional water quality monitoring programs (e.g., CWA sections 305(b), 303(d), 319, and 106)
- Regionalization of existing monitoring and assessment tools for wetlands, such as HGM classification, functional assessment and biological assessment
- Use of monitoring and assessment tools for improved restoration and mitigation
- Provision of training for regulatory personnel in monitoring and assessment methods
- Source of information on monitoring and assessment tools, through a workgroup web site