wetland science practicepublished by the Society of Wetland Scientists & Vol. 33, No. 2 June 2016 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK CONTENTS Vol. 33, No. 2 June 2016 28 / From the Editor’s Desk Greetings and welcome “Spring” to New England. It’s been 29 / President’s Message quite rainy and on the cool side recently in Massachu- 30 / SWS Annual Meeting setts, but things are quite green and warming up – it’s supposed to be in the 70s today. The indigo bunting, 31 / Resources ruby-throated hummingbirds, and phoebes are back and the spring peepers are chorus- ing. College graduations are ARTICLE in full force and next week my 35 / Studenchishte Marsh as youngest graduates – hooray! an Integral Part of Ancient Lake Ohrid: In this issue we have an Current Status and Need for Protection interesting report on the Studen- Nadezda Apostolova, Daniel Scarry, chishte – a threatened wetland and Jos T.A. Verhoeven along Lake Ohrid, one of the world’s ancient lakes in the 46 / WETLAND PRACTICE Republic of Macedonia. We U.S. EPA Finds the 48% of U.S. Wetlands are in Good Health Ralph Tiner also have some news on the U.S. WSP Editor Geological Survey’s wetland research and on U.S. EPA’s 48 / WETLAND SCIENCE I’m sure that many of release of their national wetland / Earthworms Building Huge Mounds “you attended our annual condition report, in addition to in Tropical Wetlands meeting in Corpus Christi. Doug Wilcox’s “From the Bog” / U.S. Geological Survey Wetland Research For those of you who have cartoon. given presentations, please I’m sure that many of you “ 49 / Wetland Bookshelf consider writing a brief attended our annual meeting in article for Wetland Science Corpus Christi. For those of you 51 / From the Bog & Practice. who have given presentations, please consider writing a brief ar- Cover photo: ticle for Wetland Science & Practice. It should be relative- Spring peeper, ly easy to take your presentation and convert it to a 5-page Pseudacris crucifer summary paper for WSP. This would give your project by Ralph Tiner more exposure, put it in a published form to inform other SWS members not attending of your work, and eventually reach the general populace when the issue is available on- www.sws.org line via the internet worldwide. If you have any questions, SOCIETY OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS please contact me at [email protected]. 22 N Carroll St., Ste 300, Madison, WI 53703 Meanwhile, enjoy the summer in the Northern Lati- 608-310-7855 tudes and the winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Happy Swamping! n Note to Readers: SOCIETY� All State-of-the-Science reports are peer reviewed, with anonymity to reviewers. WETLAND SCIENTISTS SOCIETY� WETLAND SCIENTISTS 28 Wetland Science & Practice June 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE wetland science &practice Well…my term as SWS President has come to an end. I have to say that this has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my pro- PRESIDENT / Kimberli Ponzio fessional life. The relationships I have built over the last year with PRESIDENT-ELECT / Gillian Davies SWS leaders, staff, members, and collaborators have been amazing. I IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT / Jim Perry consider it an honor to have had the opportunity to shape the Society and to have it shape me as a leader. It’s SECRETARY GENERAL / Loretta Battaglia with much pleasure and confidence that I TREASURER / Julia Cherry hand over the reins to my esteemed col- MANAGING DIRECTOR / Michelle Czosek, CAE league, President-elect, Gillian Davies. I WETLAND SCIENCE & PRACTICE EDITOR / Ralph Tiner know she brings an incredible enthusiasm for leading the Society and we are all in CHAPTERS good hands! As we make this transition and share in leadership of SWS, we will ALASKA / Jeffrey Mason share the latest and greatest things that have ASIA / Wei-Ta Fang been happening in this address. CANADA / Gordon Goldborough Kimberli Ponzio, PWS ELECTIONS CENTRAL / Luke Eggering SWS President We offer our congratulations to Arnold van EUROPE / Jos Verhoeven 2015-2016 der Valk on being elected SWS President- INTERNATIONAL / Elijah Ohimain elect and we welcome him to the team. We MID-ATLANTIC / Jason Smith would also like to thank Darold Batzer for NEW ENGLAND / Jennifer Karberg putting his hat in the ring and for continu- NORTH CENTRAL / David Mushet ing to serve SWS by agreeing to help the Local Program Committee plan for our OCEANIA / Jenny Davis 2017 Annual Meeting. PACIFIC NORTHWEST / Nate Hough-Snee ROCKY MOUNTAIN / Andy Herb ANNUAL MEETINGS SOUTH ATLANTIC / Angelique Bochnak As we write this, the Annual Meeting in Corpus Christi, TX on May 31 – June 4, SOUTH CENTRAL / Kevin Janni 2016 is just around the corner. With a WESTERN / Richard Beck Gillian Davies theme of “Protecting Wetland Ecosystem SWS President Services, Promoting Stronger Economies” COMMITTEES 2016-2017 we have 91 symposia talks, 212 individual AWARDS / Mallory Gilbert presentations, 7 field trips and 6 workshops EDUCATION AND OUTREACH / Bill Morgante scheduled to take place. We hope you were able to attend the meeting and found it educa- HUMAN DIVERSITY / Alani Taylor tional, engaging and enlightening. If you were unable to attend, hope- MEETINGS / William Conner fully you participated virtually by viewing the first-ever live streaming PUBLICATIONS / Beth Middleton of the plenary talks. Now we look forward to our 2017 Annual Meeting th that will be held in beautiful, sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 3-8 , REPRESENTATIVES 2017. Make sure to arrange your schedule to be there and also pencil in PCP / Scott Jecker 2018 for a meeting in the Rocky Mountain Chapter in Colorado. Finally, the SWS Board of Directors approved the Future Meet- RAMSAR / Nick Davidson ings Committee’s proposal for Rotational Geographic Sectors that STUDENT / Rose Martin helps us determine when and where we will hold our Annual Meet- AIBS / Dennis Whigham ings. The plan will allow chapter leaders, the Executive Board and SWS Staff to plan proactively at least 2 years ahead of time. continued on page 32 Wetland Science & Practice June 2016 29 ANNUAL MEETING SWS 2016 ANNUAL MEETING WAS FANTASTIC - WE HAD A GREAT TIME CONNECTING WITH EVERYONE, CATCHING UP ON ALL THE LATEST IN WETLAND SCIENCE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND GETTING OUT IN THE FIELD ON FIELD TRIPS! PHOTOS 30 Wetland Science & Practice June 2016 RESOURCES SUBSCRIBE TO WETLAND BREAKING NEWS The Association of State Wetland Managers produces a monthly newsletter that summarizes current events on wetlands – Wetland Breaking News. This is largely a collection of news clips ad- dressing wetland issues. Access the latest issue at: http://aswm. org/news/wetland-breaking-news/892-current-issue#national. Past issues can also be accessed there. Sign up to be put on the mailing list. n VIDEO AVAILABLE TO AID IN USING WETLANDS MAPPER The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has produced a video tutorial to help people use the National Wetlands Inventory’s “Wetlands Mapper.” To access, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ detailpage&v=CB398gj3O04. n PAST ISSUES OF WETLAND SCIENCE & PRACTICE Past issues of WSP can be viewed on the SWS website at http:// www.sws.org/Publications/wetland-science-and-practice.html. On Feb. 6, 2015, the SWS board of directors voted to allow free public distribution of past issues of WSP. This means that all is- sues published, except the four most recent issues, is available via the internet to the general public. More recent issues, available for viewing by SWS members only, will be phased in for distribution as they reach the one-year threshold. This means that the audience for WSP articles is virtually limitless. Such availability will hope- fully stimulate more interest in contributing to the journal. We are working out the details for distribution and welcome this opportu- nity that will promote the good work done by our members. n SWS FREE MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES Take advantage of your SWS membership by participating in outstanding educational opportunities without leaving your desk! SWS is pleased to provide a webinar series on wetland science topics of interest. The convenience and flexibility of SWS webi- nars enables you to educate one or a large number of employees at once, reduce travel expenses, and maintain consistent levels of productivity by eliminating time out of the office. Webinar regis- WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR IN tration is a complimentary member benefit. A limited number of PUERTO RICO. PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US! spots are available for each webinar. If you’re unable to partici- pate in the live webinar, all webinars are recorded and archived for complimentary viewing by SWS members. n Also, please see the Wetland Bookshelf section at the end of this publication. President’s Message continued from page 29 COMMUNICATION & EDUCATION activity list, our students were the ones leading the way. We want to offer our congratulations to Bill Morgante The culture of student engagement in SWS is, as always, for receiving the SWS President’s Award for leading the kicking into high gear. We have a number of valuable Education and Outreach Committee, ushering in some student programs such as our SWS undergraduate minority amazing new initiatives, and for mentoring and equipping mentoring program (now called SWAMMP), our Student new leaders on E&O subcommittees. Here are some of the Research and Travel Grants Program, and soon to come… accomplishments he helped to realize. our Wetland Ambassadors Exchange Program. In addition, Have you caught the new SWS Webinar Series? We we are engaged in reaching out to students of all ages with finished this quarter (Apr-Jun) by wrapping up our ‘Climate our Human Diversity Committee hosting a booth in Jack- Change and Wetlands’ series in April with Gail Chmura of sonville, FL at the MANNRS (Minorities in Agriculture, McGill University introducing the topic of climate change Natural Resources and Related Sciences) conference and and the future of blue carbon.