Alumni Internship: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wetland Protection Division – New York City
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Wetland Protection Division
Location: Middletown, New York
Description: Mission Statement: The enduring mission of the program is to encourage and enable others to act effectively in protecting and restoring the nation’s wetlands and associated ecosystems, including shallow open waters and free-flowing streams. In doing so, the program engages in two principal categories of activities — establishing national standards and assisting others to meet them. EPA serves specifically:
- as a partner, providing support for both regulatory and non-regulatory wetlands protection efforts;
- as a promoter and distributor of sound wetlands science as the technical basis for effective wetlands decision making;
- in an advisory capacity for State and Tribal wetlands programs and for Clean Water Act Section 404 permit decisions;
- as the developer of national wetlands standards and policies; and
- as a regulator to back up our State and Local partners and ensure that national standards are lawfully applied.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
Monitoring and Assessment
- Application of Elements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program For Wetlands
- National Wetland Condition Assessment
- Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 2004 to 2009
- Monitoring for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation
- Monitoring for Biological Integrity
- Funding Available
- Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach for Assessing Wetland Functions
- Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition
- 305(b) Water Quality Report
- Volunteer Monitoring
Student Name and Class Year: Audrey Peller, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
