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 (%).