Figure Captions:
Figure 1. Distribution of 373,000 non-marine wetlands in New
York State as recorded by the National Wetland Inventory. Within each of
New York’s 16 HUC6 basins, the jurisdictional status of wetlands was
assessed based on proximity to the stream network derived from the
National Hydrography Dataset. Inset displays the spatial relationship
between wetlands and the stream network within a single basin.
Figure 2. Percentage of wetland area guaranteed jurisdictional
status under the CWR and NWPR state-wide and within each of New York’s
HUC6 basins. Values to the right of bars indicate the percent change in
jurisdictional wetland area from the CWR to the NWPR scenarios.
Figure 3. Relationship between wetland area and proximity to
the nearest jurisdictional water. Wetlands were grouped into bins of
areas and distances to evaluate their distribution on the landscape with
respect to both the number of unique wetlands and total wetland area.
Zero values indicate that no wetlands fell within that particular area
and distance range.
Figure 4. Wetland protection statuses under the CWR and NWPR as
they relate to wetland size and landscape position. Wetlands can receive
protection under the CWR by either being jurisdictional by rule
(leftmost panels) or through the application of the significant nexus
test (center panels). Under the NWPR, wetlands may only receive legal
protection if they are jurisdictional by rule (rightmost panels). The
percent of wetlands protected is calculated based on the proportion of
unique wetlands within each size-distance bin that are classified into
each regulatory category (top panels). Total area protected reflects the
sum of wetland area within each size-distance bin for a particular
regulatory category (bottom panels). NA values indicate that no wetlands
fell within that particular area and distance range.
Figure 5. Percentage of wetland area protected within ranges of
wetland sizes under the NWPR and the CWR. Given the uncertainty in the
regulatory status of wetlands requiring the application of the CWR’s
significant nexus test, CWR protections may vary considerably, up to a
maximum jurisdictional percentage (CWR Max Jur.) equal to the sum of
jurisdictional area (%) and significant nexus area (%).