Wetlands
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- Plant life provides a "sink" for many chemicals including atmospheric carbon
- Restore and Protect Wetlands
- Controls erosion, limits flooding, moderates ground water levels and base flows, assimilates nutrients, and protects drinking water sources
- Can store about 1 million gallons of water per acre
- They were blocked off, dried out, or cleared out for agricultural purposes and human expansion needs.
- As of 2003, less than 46% of the 215-220 million acres of wetlands estimated to exist in the contiguous United States in the 1700's remains.
- This led to soil erosion, loss of habitats, increased intensity and frequency of flooding, and changing climate.
- Nearly all amphibians, 80% of breeding bird populations, more than 50% of the 800 species of protected migratory birds, and approximately 75% (by weight) of commercial marine fish depend on wetlands.
- Donate or volunteer at a nonprofit working to restore these crucial ecosystems.
- Wetlands are an integral part of our natural infrastructure and directly and indirectly affect more than the immediate area around where they are located.
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