From the Editor’s Desk

Summer has arrived and Covid-19 is on the downturn and things are returning to a near normal condition. I’m getting ready to spend a week on Cape Cod which involves more bike riding than beach time since I need to work off some of those Covid calories. The Cape has a number of excellent “rail trails” for enjoyable riding. I need the break after preparing and teaching a number of online wetland courses over the last two months…my eyes are bloodshot. While things are looking brighter for all of us given the waning of the pandemic, I am sad Ralph Tiner WSP Editor to say that we’ve lost a wonderful colleague – Dr. Rob Brooks of Penn State University (PSU). I was shocked to hear of his passing as it was so quick; I didn’t even know he was ill. Rob and I worked together early in our careers including co-editing a book with others - Wetlands Ecology and Conservation: Emphasis in Pennsylvania. Rob was one of the most likeable people you’d ever meet and was an inspiration to many wetlanders, especially in the Mid-Atlantic region. Dr. Denice Wardrop, one of Rob’s former students and colleagues at PSU, has written a touching tribute to Rob for this issue. Still hard to believe he is no longer with us.

For the past couple of years, the July issue has been dedicated to presenting abstracts from our annual meeting – the proceedings. This issue continues that tradition even though the meeting was again a “virtual conference” conducted online. The presentations were taped and are available to registrants for two months. I wasn’t able to attend all the sessions but plan to view some during this timeframe. If you have questions about or would like to know more about the topics covered, please contact the presenters.

Besides the proceedings this issue includes a couple of articles – one on Poplar Island (a Wetland of Distinction) and another on the results of a citizen science survey on the status of wetlands around the globe, plus notices on the reestablishment of the Wetland Concerns Committee in our Society, the announcement that Northern Macedonia has designated Lake Ohrid as its third Wetland of International Importance, and a collaboration of the Society’s Climate Change Initiative for an upcoming global conference. We also have a summary of the Europe chapter’s virtual

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CONTENTS Vol. 38, No. 3 July 2021

ISSN: 1943-6254

126 / From the Editor’s Desk 127 / President’s Message 129 / SWS News 137 / Awards 139 / Chapter News 140 / SWS Webinars

ARTICLES 141 / An Updated Citizen Science State of the World’s Wetlands Survey Matthew Simpson and others 150 / Wetlands of Distinction: Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island Bill Morgante 155 / Lake Ohrid and Studenchishte Marsh now a Ramsar Wetland! Nadezda Apostolova and others

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS 157 / Biology & Ecology 178 / Education & Communication 184 / Global Climate Change 195 / Management & Applied Science 220 / Physical Science 226 / Policy 233 / Index to Proceedings, by Author

242/ Wetlands in the News 244 / Wetland Bookshelf 246 / What’s New in the SWS Journal - WETLANDS 248 / About WSP/Submission Guidelines

COVER PHOTO: Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis thermalis) (Photo by Ralph Tiner)