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May is American Wetlands Month – Celebrate the wonderful ways wetlands enrich the environment and people

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Events are scheduled across the country to educate, involve and engage Americans who want to better understand the value of one of Earth's most important ecosystems. This year's theme is "It Pays to Save Wetlands."

The Izaak Walton League of America – has the tools to help you celebrate American Wetlands Month and learn more about wetland ecology, functions and values.

Resources

Bergen County Utilities Authority Nature Trail www.bcua.org/NaturePreserve.htm	The Meadowlands Museum www.meadowlandsmuseum.org
Delaware Riverkeeper www.delawareriverkeeper.org	Mercer County Parks www.mercercounty.org/parks/parks.htm
Delaware watershed groups and education www.earthethics.com/regional_links.htm	New Jersey Audubon Society www.njaudubon.org
Friends for the Marsh www.marsh-friends.org	New Jersey Conservation Society www.njconservation.org
Hackensack Riverkeeper www.hackensackriverkeeper.org	New Jersey Meadowlands Commission www.meadowlands.state.nj.us
Hudson County Parks www.hudsoncountynj.org/dept/parks	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands
The Izaak Walton League of America www.iwla.org

Further Reading

John R. Quinn, Fields of Sun and Grass

Robert Sullivan, The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City

Ralph Tiner, In Search of Swampland

US Fish and Wildlife Hackensack Meadowlands-focused study

Issue of Journal “Urban Habitats” with in-depth scientific and historical information on the Hackensack Meadowlands