Wetlands are defined by which of the following characteristics?

Which of the following is the most widespread type of wetland in North America?

Approximately what percentage of natural wetlands have been lost?

Which of the following is used to stop water by creating reservoirs which hold and release watr as necessary while sometimes generating power?

Which of the following best describes wetland restoration?

Which of the following is the main purpose of the Clean Water Act?

A wetland with woody plants, saturated/slow moving water and a lack of oxygen in the soil can be described as a __________________.

Wetlands are economically important due to which of the following factors?

Wetlands are not critical for which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT considered a substrate?

Anaerobic is best described as which of the following?

what prcentage of threatened and endagerd species rely on wetlands for survival?

Which of the following provides fuel for wetland microbes to prform denitrification?

Wetlands in the United States have experienced a loss of approximately _________%

Wetland mitigation can be purchased if wetland losses cannot be avoided or minimized under state or federal (Clean Water Act) regulations.

The loss of one acre of wetlands is equivalent too $----- annually in flood control measures.

To be considered a wetland, the area must be covered in shallow water all year.

Which of the following is NOT a wetland?

Recreational activities generate how much money per year?

Riparian wetlands are particularly vulnerable to destruction but serves a vital  role in which of the following?

Which of the following was enacted to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nations waters?

Up to ________ of endangered species rely on wetlands for part of their annual cycle.

Building on wetlands in coastal regions has been connected to increasing devastation from hurricanes.

Some municipalities will use a method where they run water through wetlands, then into their drinking water treatment facilities.

Hurricanes do less financial damage, flood further inland, and displace more people when coasts are heavily developed.