Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Historical Materials

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Laws 

• Administrative Procedures Act - Chapter 5 
• Administrative Procedures Act - Chapter 7 
• Clean Water Act - including Section 301, Section 502 
  
• Clean Water Act Section 404
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) 
• Endangered Species Act
• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• Food Security Act of 1985
  
• Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
• Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929
• Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934
• Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
• National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act of 1990
• National Environmental Policy Act 
• North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act
  
• Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 - including Section 10 and Section 13 
  
• Swampbuster provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill
• Water Bank Act
  
• Wetland Reserve Program in 1990 Farm Bill 
• 1996 Farm Bill - WHIP and EHIP Programs 

Additional laws, or portions of laws, are referenced on other topic-specific pages of this site.

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Regulations 

• Corps public interest regulations (original adoption)  
• Corps Regulations  - 33 CFR Part 320, 33 CFR Part 323,  33 CFR Part 325, 33 CFR Part 326, 33 CFR Part 327,  33 CFR 328, 33 CFR Part 329, 33 CFR Part 330, 33 CFR Part 331, 33 CFR Part 332  
• EPA Wetland Regulations 

Additional regulations are referenced on other topic-specific pages of this site.

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Memoranda and Guidance 

• Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands § 1 (May 24, 1977)
  
• Executive Order 12866 (Cost benefit) 
• Executive Order 12630 (Takings)  
• Fish and Wildlife Service, Policy on Wetlands of International Importance 
• Memorandum of Understanding Between the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army (Jul 13, 1967) (consultation on R+H Act permits) 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Guidance Letters 
• U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Interior, Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill Conservation Provisions (Aug. 6, 2002)
  

• White House Office on Environmental Policy, Protecting America’s Wetlands: A Fair, Flexible, and Effective Approach (Aug. 24, 1993)
• The White House, Executive Orders 
• The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Wetlands Initiative Announced on Earth Day (April 22, 2004)
  

Historical Material and Background on Wetland Programs

• The Diaries of George Washington. Vol. 1 319 (Donald Jackson, ed.; Dorothy Twohig, assoc. ed.) in The Papers of George Washington. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.)
• Richard J. Lazarus, One Hundred Years of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 41 ELR 10985 (Nov. 2011)
  
• Melissa Samet, American Rivers & National Wildlife Federation, A Citizens Guide to the Corps of Engineers 10 (2009)
  
• National Research Council. Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries 17 (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995)
• The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, A Brief History of the Ramsar Convention
  

• Shaw, Samuel P. and C. Gordon Fredine, U.S. Department of the Interior, Circular 39 Wetlands of the United States - Their Extent and Their Value to Waterfowl and Other Wildlife (1956) 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Divisions and Districts 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program 

• USDA Conservation Reserve Program Web Page
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Conservation Programs: Conservation Reserve Program 
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, The Conservation Reserve Program: 45th Signup Results (Sept. 2013) 
• USDA Farm Service Agency Reports and Statistics  
• USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Restoring America’s Wetlands: A Private Lands Conservation Success Story
• USDA NRCS Conservation Programs Web Page
• USDA NRCS Data and Reports
• USDA NRCS Data Mapper
  

• USDA NRCS, EQIP Program Web Page
• USDA NRCS, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
• USDA NRCS report re: WRP Successes
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Water Bank Program
• U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Land & Water Conservation Fund: History
• U.S. DOI, Land and Water Conservation Fund Web Page 

• U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Great Dismal Swamp and the Underground Railroad
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Short History of the Refuge System : The Early Years (1864-1920) 
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Short History of the Refuge System : Approaching the Centennial (1997 and On)
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Duck Stamp Office, What Are Duck Stamps?
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, North American Wetlands Conservation Act
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
• US DOI, North American Wetland Conservation Grants Web Page 
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program: Regional Showcase Accomplishments: Fiscal Year 2010
• U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD: Public Lands and National Treasures: The First 100 Years of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (2009)
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, About EPA.
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Offices 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-240-R-01-001, The United States Experience with Economic Incentives for Protecting the Environment (Jan. 2001)