PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS FROM THE 1998 WRM WORKSHOP The 1998 WRM Workshop produced several documents, maps and GIS data products. Many of these products are available for free download by clicking on their titles below. Feel free to distribute these files to friends and coworkers.

Executive Summary

Executive Summary - Coastal Wetlands of Manitowoc County. This document is also available in Adobe's Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.

1998 Project Report

Coastal Wetlands of Manitowoc County. This is the final report by the practicum participants, published in December 1998. These files are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Coastal Wetland Inventory and Rapid Assessment Form

This form was used to assess and compile an inventory of coastal wetlands in Manitowoc County. Feel free to download and use the form for your own project.

User Guide

This Guide accompanies the Coastal Wetland Inventory and Rapid Assessment Form. Information included in the guide will help wetland assessors make educated choices when using the form.

Plant Database: Plant Species List and Other Information.

This ZIP archive includes text files of all of the vegetation information collected during the summer project. Interested users will be able to import the text files into a spreadsheet or database of their choice. For more information about the archive, see the README FILE.

Master List of Plant Species

Not interested in the entire plant database? This text file contains the master list of plant species identified in Manitowoc County's coastal wetlands during the summer of 1998. This file does not include information regarding each species location or relative abundance.

GIS Data: ArcView Shape File of Coastal Wetlands

This ZIP archive contains an ArcView Shape File and supporting metadata for the GIS product developed by the WRM program. Base data layers and other GIS data are not included in this archive, as they are available from alternate sources. For more infomation about the WRM GIS data, see the complete WRM GIS metadata document.

Maps of Manitowoc County's Coastline

The workshop developed several maps of of Manitowoc County's coastline using GIS software. These maps include information collected during the study.

Wetland Bibliography

Many of the resources used by the WRM Workshop are listed in this bibliography. This file is useful for those who are interested in pursuing wetland research on their own.

News Release from March, 1998

The first news release put out by the project. Updates on the workshop were carried in local papers in Manitowoc County throughout the year.

HOW TO CONTACT THE WRM PROGRAM

All correspondence should be addressed to: Water Resources Management Practicum, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706. PHONE: (608) 262-2950.

Page last updated: 2/19/99