Monitoring and Assessing Marsh Habitats in Great Lakes Areas of Concern

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This report summarizes and interprets the final results of a two-year Marsh Monitoring Program project which assessed the health of coastal and inland marsh habitats within and among 12 U.S. and binational Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs). Using a multiparameter approach, marsh health assessments were made to assess the status of five wetland and aquatic-related Beneficial Use Impairments at several selected sites within each AOC and surrounding watershed. Assessments and continued monitoring of marsh health at these and other locations will provide local AOC Remedial Action Plan committees and other stakeholders insight into the success of local water quality and habitat remediation and restoration efforts.

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