-------- Original Message -------- Subject: National Wetlands Inventory Maps Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:43:10 -0500 From: Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] CC: Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]> 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 voice: (813) 974-3530 fax: (813) 974-9875 email: [log in to unmask]