Knowledge Base

The Commission protects a number of types of resource areas; some visibly wet most of the year and some visibly dry most of the year. The Wetlands Protection Act identifies the following areas subject to protection: • Any bank, freshwater wetland, coastal wetland, beach, dune, flat, marsh, or swamp bordering on the ocean or any estuary, creek, river, stream, pond, or lake; (Many of these particular areas are often termed "bordering vegetated wetlands".) • Land under any of the water bodies listed above; • Land subject to tidal action; • Land subject to coastal storm flowage; • Land subject to flooding; and • Riverfront Area