-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:33:40 -0500 From: McCoy, Cheryl <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps-l <[log in to unmask]> This is very interesting and it does help demystify the situation somewhat. The USF Tampa Library was contacted by a recycling center in Clearwater (for all of the non-Floridians on the list, Clearwater is located right next to St. Petersburg) and we weren't given any details about where the collection came from, except that the collection had once been housed at an FWS office that had closed. From what we were told, this collection is complete but since no one at the recycling center did any kind of inventory, it certainly may be that the NH maps are no longer part of the collection. However, as far as do I know, this collection only contains the mylar overlays. Our library requested samples of the maps and we received one box of NWI maps from Michigan and one box from Arizona. The USF Tampa Library probably won't be keeping this collection because we simply don't have room for it. I have been trying to find out more information about the collection because it is currently sitting in a warehouse at a local recycling center. The manager at the recycling center thought that the maps might be valuable and didn't want to go ahead and destroy them without making an attempt to find a place for them. If anyone thinks that they might be interested in these maps, please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks for all of the comments. This has been an interesting investigation. That always seems to be the way with maps! Guess that's why we all like working with them so much. 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] -----Original Message----- From: Maps-l [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:50:33 -0500 From: Thompson, Thelma <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Cheryl, I may be able to shed a bit of light on the NWI maps or maybe just thicken the mystery a bit. Earlier this fall I was contacted by a FWS employee located in Virginia who had been referred to me by the NH Office of Energy and State Planning. This person was contacting all the state offices who were distributors of NWI maps because the collection in (I believe) St. Petersburg, FL was being dismantled and she needed to work remotely from Virginia to find homes for the mylars and paper maps in Florida in very short timeframe ( a matter of weeks as I recall). Our NH OESP did not have room to take them but thought of me. Hence, the call. After some consultations, I agreed to take both the NH mylars and paper maps for the UNH collection since I was assured they came with no restrictions as to what we might do with them in the future. Although the information is presumably duplicated online, some of those I contacted felt the hard copy format retained its usefulness. The information is definitely of interest to our patrons as it potentially documents wetlands lost to development. I was told by the FWS contact that the distribution centers in our neighboring states had agreed to take the maps for their states, but I have not contacted them to confirm this and determine whether they ever received any maps. Several weeks later, I was surprised to only receive the mylars, but your email perhaps suggests what happened to the paper maps. Interesting that when I went to NWI website this afternoon to find the link to distribution sites, the site was unavailable. Thelma Thompson Thelma B. Thompson Government Document and Maps Librarian University of New Hampshire 18 Library Way Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-1132, Fax: 603-862-0247 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maps-L Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps -------- 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]