Join the Wetlands Photo Celebration for World Wetlands Day 2012 – Wetlands Tourism: A Great Experience! Post your photos from January 3 – 20, 2012 on the World Wetlands Day Flickr Group Top photos in each category will be posted on World Wetlands Day—February 2, 2012.

Follow the State Department Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science on Facebook.com for daily facts on wetlands and sustainable tourism. Download the Wetlands Photo Celebration flyer in English, Spanish, and French (PDF).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife Without Borders program serves as the administrative authority for the International Wetlands Convention in the United States.

The International Wetlands Convention, signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, was created to help governments coordinate wetlands conservation on an international scale. The Service and the Department of State are the administrative authorities for this Convention in the U.S., and it is this treaty that serves as the cornerstone for the Service's International Wetlands Program.

Factsheet on the Wetlands Convention (PDF)
Project Summaries 2010 (PDF)

Wetlands Sites - Areas designated as Wetlands of International Importance through the Wetlands Convention:
       Federal Register U.S. Wetlands Site Listings (PDF)
       U.S. Site Nomination and Designation Factsheet (PDF)
       U.S. Wetlands Sites Brochure (PDF)
       Photo Gallery of U.S. Wetlands Sites (PDF)

Wetlands Management - Download the Guide to management planning for Site Managers (PDF)

Helpful Links:
       International Wetlands Convention
       U.S. National Ramsar Committee
       USFWS National Wetlands Inventory