Importance

Wetlands are important elements of a watershed because they serve as the link between land and water resources. Wetlands protection programs are most effective when coordinated with other surface water and ground-water protection programs and with other resource management programs, such as flood control, water supply, protection of fish and wildlife, recreation, control of stormwater, and non-point source pollution. Marshes along the Great Lakes and drowned river mouth lakes vary in size, depending on rainfall trends and Great Lakes water levels. The natural filling of old glacial lakes with plant remains and sediment will create bog habitat. When wetlans are drained a habitat for wildlife is lost. Many animals need to survive and can't live anywhere else.Thus some animals that depend on the wetlands maybe displace or disappear forever. Many amphibains, which are already rare in many places, could be candidates for extinction.
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