The Emergency Wetlands Resources Act requires the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to update its wetland status & trends information at 10-year intervals. Data in this & previous status & trends reports provide important long-term trend information about specific changes & places & the overall status of wetlands in the U.S. This illustrated report presents the most comprehensive, technically advanced, & contemporary effort to track wetlands status & trends on a national scale. Its value has been enhanced by the multi-agency involvement in the study's design, in data collection, & in the peer review of the findings. Photos, maps, tables & graphs.

This report to the Congress details the status and trends of our Nation's wetlands. It covers the period from 1986 to 1997, and provides the most recent and comprehensive estimates of the current status of wetland area throughout the conterminous United States and the losses or gains to various wetland types that have occurred during this time.

Excerpt from Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 1986 to 1997 The us. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Wetlands are among the most important and ecologically unique habitats in our Nation, and they provide society with many environmental and economic benefits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands. This primer lays out the science and policy considerations to help in navigating this branch of science that is so central to conservation policy, ecosystem science and wetland regulation. It gives explanations of the attributes, functions and values of our wetlands and shows how and why public attitudes toward wetlands have changed, and the political, legal, and social conflicts that have developed from legislation intended to stem the rapid losses of wetlands. The book describes the role of wetland science in facilitating the evolution of a rational and defensible system for regulating wetlands and will shed light on many of the problems and possibilities facing those who quest to protect and conserve our wetlands.