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Scientists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service recognize the environmental and economic benefits regional wetlands provide and the importance of preserving wetland resources. More than 220 million acres, or over 50 percent, of the nation’s wetlands no longer function, and some states lost over 90 percent of their wetland acres due to factors such as logging, construction and stream channeling. In recent years, public education about the value and functions of wetlands and successful restorations are helping restore natural wet...
Migratory birds, water fowl and other wildlife now have a new place to call home. Thousands of acres of marginal farmland were converted back to native tall-grass prairies and wetlands in the nation’s largest restoration effort of its kind. Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge spans about 30,000 acres over northwestern Minnesota and was once land used for, crop production, cattle and sheep grazing but is again thriving with wildlife, Greg Bengtson, NRCS Glacial Ridge project manager said. ...
