Wetlands Programs — ELI-Wetlands Listserve

ELI-Wetlands, the free electronic forum on wetlands, floodplains, and coastal resources, provides an on-going outlet for the debate and dissemination of information on wetlands law, policy, science, and management. The listserv offers the best way available to quickly share resources and provide direct point-counterpoint on the key issues affecting wetlands. To subscribe, send an email to wetlandslist@eli.org with “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject line.

Water Resources Management Projects
  • ELI is studying the laws governing water resource use and allocation in many Western states, with specific issues ranging from facilitating water markets to incentivizing water use efficiency, reuse, and reclamation.
  • ELI examines federal, state, and local watershed measures to protect water resources and assure their availability for use while maintaining ecological and hydrological integrity of watersheds, estuaries, basins, and groundwater systems.
Water Quality Projects
  • ELI studies ways to address nonpoint sources of water pollution, primarily through innovative uses of state and local laws, and examination of synergies among cost-sharing, technical assistance, enforcement, and liability.
  • ELI is examining use of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program to address numerous pollutants, including biological pollutants and invasive species, nonpoint sources and stormwater, and others.
  • ELI is studying effective use of the watershed approach at multiple scales, and examines market mechanisms, tax incentives, enforcement, and land use meas
Wetlands Program: Conferences, Trainings, & Seminars

ELI’s Wetland Program facilitates dialogue among professionals working wetlands law, policy, science, and management. The program seeks to improve wetlands protection by offering a forum for diverse interests in the wetlands profession to discuss, debate, and resolve timely issues. ELI also frequently holds trainings to educate conservation groups on wetland-related topics. Recent conferences and trainings include:

ELI Study of State Wetland Programs

Launched in 2003, ELI’s 50-state wetland program study was designed to inform and advance state wetland protection by providing information on state program regulatory and non-regulatory tools and activities to state, tribal, and federal agencies, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and the public. For each of the 50 states, ELI examined seven “core” components of state wetland programs:

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