Wetlands Band

[Harald Atta]

Wetlands Preserve, commonly referred to as Wetlands, was a nightclub in New York City that opened in 1989 and closed in 2001.[1][2] It was located at 161 Hudson Street in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.

The original concept for the Wetlands Preserve came from founder-owner Larry Bloch,[3] who set its course for over eight years before passing the helm to Peter Shapiro in 1997. Shapiro remained faithful to the mission until September 2001, when the gentrification of TriBeCa caused the building to be sold and the club was forced to close before being converted into condominiums.[1] Acts that played at Wetlands include Sublime, Disco Biscuits, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Oasis, Sublime, Ween, Maroon 5, Pearl Jam, Widespread Panic, The Tragically Hip, The String Cheese Incident, Joan Osborne, 311, Rage Against the Machine, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, Cypress Hill, The Roots, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jeff Buckley, Frank Black, At the Gates, R.L. Burnside with NMAS, Paul Kantner, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Jorma Kaukonen.

In addition to semi-improvisational rock, Wetlands hosted experimental hip-hop and neo-soul performers as well. The Roots built a loyal following in New York partially by driving up from Philadelphia for Wetlands' weekly open-mic nights.[4] Neo-soul duo Jazzyfatnastees launched their weekly women's showcase "Black Lily" at Wetlands before moving it to The Five Spot in Philadelphia. Black Lily alumnae include Jill Scott, Macy Gray and Erykah Badu.[5]

The Wetlands' independent, in-house booking strategies and the freedom to play all night nurtured a scene that helped bands develop a following. Late-night jams lasting until dawn were common. It was the intimate connection fostered between artist and audience, the continuity of a live DJ connection to the vibe of the night, and carefully balanced sound throughout the club, including the halls and bathrooms, that would bring the 7,500-square foot, two-level space to a pulsing unity that John Popper of Blues Traveler would lastingly nickname "Sweatglands".[6] Supported by the music, Wetlands spent over one million dollars during its lifetime to fund the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve, originally named the Eco-Saloon.

After the scheduled final performance by Bob Weir & RatDog was cancelled in the aftermath of 9/11, the club was able to reopen for one final jam session.[7] Zen Tricksters hold the record for most performances at the club.[7]

Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club,[9] a 90-minute documentary that commemorates Wetlands Preserve, was released in 2008. Produced and directed by Relix's Dean Budnick, the film gained accolades on the film festival circuit [10] and then aired for several years on Sundance Channel.

In 2014, Wetlands NYC History: A Visual Encore, a book documenting the club's history and event lineup was compiled by Bloch's former wife, Laura Bloch Borque, and released via Frog2Prince publishing. The 248-page book features copies of each of the club's hand-drawn monthly event calendars.[11]

The contract approval marks a momentous event in Kansas; this is the first Tribal Wetland long-term contract established in Kansas, and one of only a handful throughout the United States. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has entered into a 30-year contract with NRCS to restore the functions and values of an existing wetland located on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Common Land.

The wetland restoration area consists of 31.7 acres located just west of I road and south of 134 Rd on the E1/2 NW1/4 Se. 7-9-14. The project was initiated in 1996 under the direction of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Planning and Environmental Protection department according to PBPN PEP director, Virginia LeClere. Over the course of many years, and many staff contributing to the project, it is now a reality.

The primary objectives of this project are to restore and enhance wetland wildlife habitat and improve the overall water quality for the contract area. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation aspire to restore the values and functions of the degraded wetland by restoring hydrology and enhancing the wetland and adjacent upland buffer area for pollinators.
The first phase of the project will begin in early spring of 2019. The PBPN Land Maintenance and Road & Bridge departments will start excavation and groundwork to create dikes, berms, and pools as designed by engineer plans.

This area will also be used for educational outreach and provide opportunities for hunting, trapping, and recreational bird watching. A walking path will be established for visitors to reach the center area of the wetlands in order to observe the natural wildlife in their restored habitat.

Managing Watersheds in an Age of Climate Change: the Bad River Band of Lake Superior ChippewaOur climate is changing. Along the shores of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin, one signal of these changes is the intense storm events that in recent years have dropped many inches of water in just a few hours. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians is working with nature to help manage these changes. By protecting wetlands within the watersheds on their Reservation, Bad River is helping manage water from these big storms. Wetlands help slow the flow of water, disperse its energy, and allow the water to soak into the ground, which replenishes groundwater. These areas also provide habitat for wildlife and a more resilient tomorrow for future generations.

This video was produced in partnership by the Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources Department, and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Additional financial support was provided by the Brookby Foundation, Forest County Potawatomi Foundation, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (Bureau of Indian Affairs), and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.

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Abstract: The inclusion of functional approaches on wetland characterizations and on biodiversity assessments improves our understanding of ecosystem functioning. In the Lower Paran River floodplain, we assessed the ability of C-band polarimetric SAR data of contrasting incidence angles to discriminate wetland areas dominated by different plant functional types (PFTs). Unsupervised H/α and H/A/α Wishart classifications were implemented on two RADARSAT-2 images differing in their incidence angles (FQ24 and FQ08). Obtained classes were assigned to the information classes (open water, bare soil and PFTs) by a priori labeling criteria that involved the expected interaction mechanisms between SAR signal and PFTs as well as the relative values of H and α. The product obtained with the shallow incidence angle scene had a higher accuracy than the one obtained with the steep incidence angle product (61.5% vs. 46.2%). We show how a systematic analysis of the H/A/α space can be used to improve the knowledge about the radar polarimetric response of herbaceous vegetation. The map obtained provides novel ecologically relevant information about plant strategies dominating the floodplain. Since the obtained classes can be interpreted in terms of their functional features, the approach is a valuable tool for predicting vegetation response to floods, anthropic impacts and climate change. Keywords: incidence angle; macrophytes; marshes; SAR polarimetry; polarimetric decompositions; Wishart classification

Morandeira, Natalia S., Francisco Grings, Claudia Facchinetti, and Patricia Kandus. 2016. "Mapping Plant Functional Types in Floodplain Wetlands: An Analysis of C-Band Polarimetric SAR Data from RADARSAT-2" Remote Sensing 8, no. 3: 174.

This script uses data fusion to combine both, the temperature of the surface and the humidity of the wetlands in a single script. Landsat 8-9 OLI-TIRS Collection 2 Level 1 Data was used. The aim is to prevent and be able to carry out the necessary tasks to minimize natural disasters and protect the wetlands.

This heat shield is based on Level 1 band 10. At the central wavelength of 10895nm, it measures in the thermal infrared or TIR. Instead of measuring the temperature of the air, as weather stations do, band 10 reports on the ground, which is usually much hotter. Thermal band 10 is useful for providing surface temperatures and is collected at 100 meter resolution.[5]

WIW is a remote sensing tool for monitoring water in wetlands. One of the main challenges is to detect the water under the vegetation cover. Wetlands are usually characterized by the presence of emergent plants of variable height and density. The reflectance values of the corresponding pixels of the optical spectral bands of the Landsat sensors were used as reference. The overall accuracy of the water maps constructed using the WIW ranged from 89% to 94% for both the training and validation samples. Landsat 8: WIW = NIR = 0.1735 and SWIR2 = 0.1035 [6]

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