Welcome to the USC Wetland Program Home Page
Special Thanks to Big Flats Pack #86 all of the Earth Day volunteers who helped us plant and groom our wetland restoration site at Horseheads High School.
We plucked litter, spread mulch, and planted trees and emergent wetland plants.
We got a TON of work done and the site is looking great! |
 
The Upper Susquehanna Coalition is actively involved with wetland restoration and education efforts throughout the basin
Wetlands are commonly regarded as having multiple benefits to a watershed. These benefits include:
- floodwater attenuation
- wildlife habitat
- groundwater infiltration
- water purification/ nutrient reduction
Listed below are several wetland projects currently being pursued by the Upper Susquehanna Coalition Wetlands Program:
| Our most recent source of funding came from a congressional appropriation that will allow the USC to partner with US Fish and Wildlife Service in building over 100 acres of wetlands anywhere in the watershed. We are currently soliciting sites for this project. For an idea of what a good wetland site might be, visit our wetland construction page. |
| A recent Wetlands Program Development Grant received from the EPA will enable the USC to work with schools, and communities educating the community about ephemeral wetlands/vernal pools. Click this link to visit our Vernal Pool Page |
| Creation of wetlands upstream of Natural Stream Design projects in three targeted watersheds. |
| Wetland Creation using LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) Click here to view a slide show on LiDAR. |
Amphibian Monitoring in wetlands throughout the Upper Susquehanna Coalition Watershed as part of an initiative by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Protocol found on the FrogWatchUSA website will be the basis for the establishment of the volunteer monitoring program. |
| The creation of an Ephemeral Wetland program to not only educate watershed residents about Ephemeral Wetlands (also known as "Vernal Pools") but also to develop protocol for mapping, cataloguing, and creating them. Through this program we have begun creating a database of existing vernal pools in the watershed and have also been seeking to monitor amphibian presence in those pools. Click this link to view a web page specifically on our Ephemeral Wetland Project |
For more information on any of these projects e-mail us |
