Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report
March 23, 2024
March 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release:
A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands - 95 percent of which are freshwater -- covered less than 6 percent of the lower 48 states as of 2019 - which is half the area they covered since the 1780s. The report also identifies that loss rates have increased by 50 percent since 2009 and that without additional . . .
A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands - 95 percent of which are freshwater -- covered less than 6 percent of the lower 48 states as of 2019 - which is half the area they covered since the 1780s. The report also identifies that loss rates have increased by 50 percent since 2009 and that without additional . . .