It is one of the first environmental databases to conform to new federal regulations and standards for geographic data, acquisition, storage and access, as ordered by President Clinton in Executive Order 12906, April 11, 1994. The databases on the CD include those on topography, hydrology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, meteorology, wetland maps, cultural boundaries, satellite images and field measurement locations. N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. No Wetlands, No Seafood. Rather than raiding existing wetlands for plant material, we can now employ biotechnology and the methods of tissue culture, or micropropagation , to produce as many plants as needed for wetland restoration.
Chapters deal with seagrasses, as well as dune and wetland plants.