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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date:   Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:39:40 -0500
From:   Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
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LC holds the entire paper Wetlands Inventory sheets and we store them right above or below our USGS quads of each state.   While I cannot speak to the "overall worth" of the Wetlands Inventory paper sheets I will say that our paper collection is rarely consulted.
In other words, our supply is much greater than demand.

But maybe they would be heavily consulted in states like Florida?

Ed

Ed Redmond
Geography & Map Reference Specialist
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4651
(202) 707-8548
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Subject:        National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:43:10 -0500
From:   Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
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A collection of National Wetland Inventory Maps was recently sent to a
recycling center in Clearwater, Florida.  These maps are original maps,
dated 1995, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  The maps contain the
outlines of the wetlands within each state (and some international areas)
and appear to be printed (or inked) directly onto translucent plastic
sheets.  Each of these sheets contains the legend information for the maps
and have two holes at the top of the sheet.  It would appear that these
maps were intended to be placed on a lighted table and that the
corresponding USGS 7.5 quadrangle maps should then be placed under the
National Wetland Inventory maps so that the outlines of the wetlands would
be superimposed on the USGS quad maps.

Shortly after this collection was delivered to the recycling center, the
owner of the center called the Development Office here at the USF Tampa
Library, to see if we would be interested in acquiring this collection.
Further scrutiny determined that there were at least 10,000 maps in this
collection and at this point, I don't think that our library would be able
to accommodate a collection of this size but I am trying to find out as
much information as possible that will assist us with our final decision.

It would appear that most of the information that is contained on these
maps is now available on the National Wetlands Inventory Database
http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/NWI/index.html so from a research
standpoint, the wetlands mapping information contained on these maps would
be available through other methods.  My question is in regard to the
uniqueness of these maps.  These are "original" maps but I don't know if
original maps are available at every U.S. Fish and Wildlife office in the
country or not.  Does anyone have any additional information about these
maps?  Or have any thoughts or opinions about the overall worth of a
collection like this?

I would appreciate any information that anyone has about these maps.
Thanks!!

Cheryl S. McCoy, MLS
University Librarian
Research Services & Collections

University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue,  LIB 122
Tampa, FL  33620-5400

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