Pennsylvania received a $260,000 grant from EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds to develop a comprehensive wetlands monitoring protocol for the state.

The initial phase will be part of a five-year effort to develop a baseline inventory of wetlands conditions across Pennsylvania.

The funding increases Pennsylvania's capacity to monitor and assess the causes, effects, and extent of wetlands degradation and loss as well as its ability to prevent, reduce and eliminate wetland degradation by improving its ability to monitor and assess wetlands conditions.

10/8/2004