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Did
you know that Wetlands are critical to our natural water cycle?
Did
you know that The San Francisco Bay-Delta is the largest sea-inlet
system on the west coasts of both North and
Encompassing
1,600 square miles, it ranges from the salty waters of
In the late 1800s/early 1900s the Delta was diked, and channeled, and converted into agricultural islands. Today, only 2 percent of the original marsh habitat remains.
Also
Why
protect & restore the wetlands?
Wetlands help filter pollutants and soil runoff from upstream sources, which help keep rivers, bays, and oceans downstream clean. Healthy wetlands help mitigate the negative effects that human and farm waste, and some byproducts of industrial pollution, have on our Nation's water. Wetlands help control inland flooding and prevent wave erosion along shorelines. They function as natural sponges that trap and slowly release surface water, rain, snow melt, groundwater and flood waters.
Wetlands are important to natural cycles involving water, nitrogen, and sulfur. Their plants and rich soil may provide one buffer against global climate change, by storing carbon instead of releasing it into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Wetlands provide many functions that are valued by people.
These functions and their values include:
Function |
Value |
surface water storage |
flood control |
shoreline stabilization |
wave damage protection/shoreline erosion control |
stream flow maintenance |
maintaining aquatic habitat and aesthetic appreciation opportunities |
groundwater recharge |
replenish water supplies |
sediment removal and nutrient cycling |
water quality protection |
supporting aquatic productivity |
fishing, shell fishing and waterfowl hunting |
production of trees |
timber harvest |
production of herbaceous growth |
livestock grazing and haying |
provision of plant and wildlife habitat |
hunting, trapping, plant/wildlife/nature photography, nature observation, and aesthetics |
Destruction of wetlands eliminates or severely minimizes these functions and values.
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