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WETLANDS These rich, usually soggy places provide critical habitat for numerous species, help clean our water, control floods, and provide plenty of food for humans. Like many environments, wetlands have long been misunderstood. Listening to the first frogs of the spring. Scanning tall grasses for a sandhill crane's nest. Dipping a canoe paddle into chocolate-colored water. Swatting mosquitoes. Pulling cattails to collect their roots for a salad. Eating cranberries, crab cakes, shrimp, and wild rice. Drinking fresh water. Watching sea turtles float in the ocean. All of these activities depend on wetlands. Wetlands are wild, wet, mucky, stinky, and absolutely fabulous places to visit. Come along for a tour!
identify a wetland, how scientists mark wetlands, common names for wetlands, and the plants and animals that inhabit wetlands. Do you have a Wetland near you? Find out how you can tell if that wet area near you is a wetland!
Where
Are all the Wetlands? People
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What is a Wetland? | Where
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