Wetlands

Wetlands are bogs, ponds, estuaries, and marshes. Among other benefits, wetlands provide natural water quality improvement, flood protection, and shoreline erosion control. The number of wetlands in the lower 48 U.S. states has decreased from an estimated 220 million acres in the 1600s to 105 million acres today. Land development during the 1950s to 1970s caused major wetland losses in the U.S.
More Real Estate