Protected wetlands definition

Protected wetlands means type 3, type 4, and type 5 wetlands as described in circular 39, “Wetlands of the United States”, 1971 Edition, published by the United States department of the interior. However, a protected wetland does not include land where an agricultural drainage well has been plugged causing a temporary wetland or land within a drainage district or levee district.
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Protected wetlands means any of the following:
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Related to Protected wetlands

  • Protected wildlife means wildlife designated by the

  • protected species means any of the following animals:

  • protected area means an area that is or has to be listed in the register referred to in section 10 of the Protected Areas Act;

  • Protected Areas Act means the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003;

  • Wetlands or “wetland” means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.