Wetlands of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Tiner RW, Swords JQ, Bergquist HC. 2003. Wetlands of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area
Report on the project to find/obtain current information on the distribution and types of wetlands occurring within the Boston Harbor Islands Recreation Area. The National Park Service (NPS) needs current information on the distribution and types of wetlands occurring within the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (Boston Harbor Islands NRA) to aid its efforts to improve management of Park resources. Such information includes maps and digital data for computer analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. In 2001, the National Park Service provided funds to the FWS to do the following: • Update NWI maps and digital data for the Boston Harbor Islands NRA • Enhance the digital database to include hydrogeomorphic-type descriptors for landscape position, landform, and water flow path • Prepare a wetlands inventory report for the Boston Harbor Islands NRA • Produce a color-coded map showing the wetlands by type within the Boston Harbor Islands NRA This work would provide the NPS with needed wetland information for resource planning and management. The purpose of this report is to summarize the results of this effort, with emphasis on the wetlands associated with the islands in the designated Boston Harbor Islands NRA. Generalized wetland maps are included in this publication. More detailed map information can be obtained from the NWI website (http://wetlands.fws.gov) where NWI digital map data can be downloaded for GIS applications or data can be directly viewed through the "interactive mapper tool."
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Tiner, Ralph; Swords, John; Bergquist, Herbert
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Units
- BOHA
- Keywords
- Boston Harbor, Inventory, Recreation Area, Survey, Wetlands