Freshwater wetlands definition

Freshwater wetlands means lands and waters of the state [as shown on
Freshwater wetlands means, as consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1- 20(8), except as specified in R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-22(k), and includes, but is not limited to:
Freshwater wetlands means those areas of land that are inundated or saturated by fresh water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions and are delineated as freshwater wetlands by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Examples of Freshwater wetlands in a sentence

  • Freshwater wetlands dominated by woody vegetation that is 20 feet tall or taller.

  • Freshwater wetlands support active and passive recreational and aesthetic values that are important to the general public.

  • Freshwater wetlands provide and maintain surface and groundwater supplies by acting as recharge or discharge areas, and, in the case of some ponds, acting as surface water reservoirs.

  • Freshwater wetlands not dominated by woody vegetation that is 20 feet tall or taller.

  • Freshwater wetlands protect life and property from flooding and flood flows by storing, retaining, metering out and otherwise controlling flood waters from storm events.


More Definitions of Freshwater wetlands

Freshwater wetlands means lands and waters of the state, that are not tidal wetlands as defined in subdivision one of section 25-0103 of this chapter, that have an area of at least twelve and four-tenths acres or, if less than twelve and four-tenths acres in size, are of unusual importance, and which contain any or all of the following:
Freshwater wetlands means lands and waters of the state as shown on the freshwater wetlands map which contain any or all of the following:
Freshwater wetlands means lands and waters of the state, that are
Freshwater wetlands means the Freshwater Wetlands designated by the Wetlands Act of 1970, N.J.S.A. 13:9A-1 et seq., and the Coastal Zone Management Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7.
Freshwater wetlands means an area defined as such under the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act rules at N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1.4.
Freshwater wetlands means freshwater swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas which are:
Freshwater wetlands means, consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(8), except as specified in R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-22(k), freshwater wetlands includes, but is not limited to: