Other State's Wetlands

(Source: U.S. Geological Survey National Water Summary on Wetland Resources)Alaska - With roughly 170 million acres, Alaska has more wetland areas than the other 49 states combined!

Arkansas

Arkansas wetlands are a critical component of the series of wetlands along the Mississippi Flyway, but the state has lost more wetland acres than any other inland state.

Illinois

Wetlands here can be owned and protected by the public as "County Forest Preserve Districts."

North Dakota

About half the nation's duck population originates in the prairie pothole region of this state and similar wetlands in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Montana.

Ohio

Wetland areas here have declined 90 percent in the last 200 years. Ohio designates all wetlands as "State Resource Waters."

Texas

Commercial fisheries benefit directly from coastal wetlands. About five percent of the state is covered by wetlands.

Wisconsin

In 1991 Wisconsin became the first state to adopt water quality standards for wetlands.