WV Wetlands AOI

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>NWI Wetlands in West Virginia (HU8 02070001) to be displayed in a story map for the Advanced Water Mapping Analytics (AWMA) working group.</span><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The AWMA story map is a product of an <span style='font-family:inherit;'>interagency workgroup partnering to align the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army’s (Army) water resource interests with the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) authoritative and ever-improving inland water mapping datasets and extensive expertise in hydrologic modeling. The federal partners propose the </span><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><strong>Advanced Water Mapping and Analytics Initiative</strong></span></span></span><span style='font-family:inherit;'> to accelerate improvements to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and National Wetlands Inventory (NWI).</span></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><br /></span></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'>This initiative will use state of the science approaches, enhanced water data discovery, and innovations in hydrologic modeling techniques in partnership with the National Hydrography Infrastructure (NHI). The group will leverage these improvements to develop an interactive online mapping system, initially focused on supporting Clean Water Act implementation, that enables users to access, visualize, and consume improved water data. This initiative is integral to other interagency efforts led by OMB, the Water Subcabinet, and the Internet of Water to achieve better water resource management through close collaboration and engagement.</span></div>