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Coastal Ecology
1. Review Ecosystem Ecology Concepts. 2. Focus on Coastal Wetland Ecosystems. 3. Consider cultural perspectives and human coastal land use over time. 4. Using ArcGIS Online Maps to investigate the wetlands on your coastline.
Review Ecosystem Ecology concepts with this Bozeman Science Video.
Explore Coastal Wetland Ecosystems
"Wetland types found in coastal watersheds include salt marshes, bottomland hardwood swamps, fresh marshes, mangrove swamps, and shrubby depressions known in the southeast United States as pocosins." US EPA
https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/about-coastal-wetlands#whatAre
READ MORE:
Culture and Wetlands
Wetland Cultural Heritage in the Pacific
An article by Amado S. Tolentino Jr., Institute for Environmental Global Strategies, 2007.
How can we honor indigenous cultural knowledge on wetlands? How can this help increase resilience in our communities?
In 2025, an EPA Environmental Education Grant funded expansion of CCR beyond Hawai'i to include the Pacific Island communities of Palau, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
My Island, My Wetland
Using ArcGIS Online Maps, investigate the wetlands on your Pacific Island. Where are the remaining coastal wetlands? What do you observe?
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 Hawaiʻi |  American Samoa |  The CNMI |
|---|---|---|
 Guam |  Palau |
NOTE TO TEACHERS & VISITORS: Participants in CCR Teacher Workshops Also Receive:
Student Worksheets to Guide GIS Inquiry, Additional Online Learning,
Wetland Field Study Protocols, Classroom Labs and Accompanyting Hands-on Kits.
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