Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
Past TAG Meeting Materials
The following items are provided as a summary of previous meeting discussions and to provide references for the background and methods used to develop the WRAPP.
Helpful Resources for Watershed-Based Preliminary Assessment of Wetland Functions (W-PAWF)
- Draft Functional Assessment Criteria, SMC, Updated January 20, 2016 (PDF)
- Final Report, Region 5 Wetland Management and Marketing Plan: Select Watersheds in the Lower Fox and Des Plaines River Watersheds, Tetra Tech 2015 (PDF)
- Landscape Level Wetland Functional Assessment (LLWFA), Version 1.0, Methodology Report, Michigan DEQ, 2011 (PDF)
- The Duck-Pensaukee Watershed Approach, The Nature Conservancy& WI DNR, 2012 (PDF)
- Methods and Results for a Geographic Information System Landscape Model of Wetland Functions in the Sandusky Subbasin, PG Environmental, 2014
- Advanced Identification (ADID) Study, Lake County, IL, Final Report, NIPC et al, 1992 (PDF)
- Wetland Conservation Strategy Model, Development Abstract Outline, NIPC & Chicago Wilderness, 2005 (PDF)
Helpful Resources for Wetland Classification
February 2016
- Draft Functional Assessment Criteria for Water Quality Working Group
- Draft Functional Assessment Criteria for Hydrology Working Group
- Draft Functional Assessment Criteria for Biodiversity Working Group
January 20, 2016
- Agenda (PDF)
- Meeting #2 Draft Report (PDF)
- Classification and Functional Assessment Powerpoint (PDF)
- LLWW Classification Scheme (PDF)
November 18, 2015
- Agenda (PDF)
- Draft List of Potential Wetland Functions (PDF)
- Draft Functional Assessment Criteria (PDF)
- Working Groups for Preliminary Assessment of Wetland Functions (PDF)
September 30, 2015
- List of Potential Wetland Functions (PDF)
- NWI 2015 Classification System (PDF)
- Correlation of Enhanced NWI Data with Wetland Functions for Watershed Assessment (PDF)
- LLWW Summary Sheet (PDF)
- Wetland Function Screening Methods for Upper Des Plaines (IL) and Lower Fox (WI) (PDF)
- WRAPP Background and Introduction, TAG Involvement and Expectations (PDF)
- Mapping for Functional Assessment (PDF)
- Hydrogeopmorphic Wetland Classification (Landscape Position, Landform, Waterbody Type "LLWW") (PDF)