We reviewed the scientific literature on non‐floodplain wetlands (NFWs), freshwater
wetlands typically located distal to riparian and floodplain systems, to determine …

Wetland managers and policy makers need to make decisions based on a sound scientific
understanding of hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands. This article presents an …

The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North America is an extremely important habitat for a
diverse range of wetland ecosystems that provide a wealth of socio-economic value. This …

To illustrate the hydrological impact of climate and land use change on an unregulated
basin, the agriculture‐and wetland‐dominated Smith Creek Research Basin (SCRB) was …

Since the US Supreme Court's 2001 SWANCC case (531 US 159), there has been
significant focus on whether Clean Water Act (CWA) protections should be extended to so …

In traditional watershed delineation and topographic modeling, surface depressions are
generally treated as spurious features and simply removed from a digital elevation model …

Implementation of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) and Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) has resulted in the restoration of> 2 million ha …

Intermittent surface connectivity can influence aquatic systems, since chemical and biotic
movements are often associated with water flow. Although often referred to as fill and spill …

The volume of water in lakes is commonly estimated by combining data of water level
variations with accurate bathymetry and shore topographic maps. However, bathymetry and …

Abstract The Prairie Pothole Region of North America is characterized by numerous, small,
wetland depressions that perform important ecological and hydrological functions. Recent …