Parker River Watershed: An Assessment of Recent Trends in Salt Marshes, Their Buffers, and River-Stream Buffer Zones (1985-1999). National Wetlands Inventory Report

摘要

The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office (MACZM) is developing an environmental monitoring program for the Parker River watershed. Basic information on trends in several natural resources is needed to serve as a baseline for this effort. For example, information on wetland trends, changes in salt marsh and river-stream buffers, and the extent of impervious surfaces is needed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services National Wetlands Inventory has been analyzing wetland trends since the 1970s and more recently has been evaluating changes in wetland buffers and characterizing the condition of stream buffers for selected watersheds. MACZM contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to perform various analyses and in the year 2000 provided funds to the Services Northeast Region to do this type of work. This report summarizes study findings for the Parker River watershed.