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• n  a low area where the land is saturated with water

• I check out the National Wetlands Coalition, a big-biz coalition against wetlands, and the Global Climate Coalition.
• The wetlands of Mississippi near Yazoo City.
• Transformed into Europe's biggest urban wetland center, a derelict London site quacks and buzzes with life, luring humans.

News & Articles

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• Wetland program sign-up sought
  USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from Pennsylvania landowners interested in the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP).
  June 11, 2013 - The Wayne Independent
• Nygren Wetland expects bigger crowd in Rockton for rare heron
  ROCKTON — A feathered visitor is expected to drive a flock of humans this weekend to Nygren Wetland Preserve.
  June 8, 2013 - Rockford Register Star
• Study: Wetland losses curtailed, concerns remain
  Six years into a look at wetland gains and losses in Minnesota, the authors of an ongoing DNR study say wetlands have increased in quantity
  June 6, 2013 - Outdoor News

Quotes

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• Greg Hunt in The Australian
  Penny Wong and Prime Minister (Kevin) Rudd are set to join Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athists of Baghdad as only the second government in the world to have presided over the destruction of a RAMSAR-listed wetland,Mr Hunt told ABC TV.
• Dalton McGuinty in Toronto Star
  It is, in a word, immense. It's also unique and precious. It's home to the largest untouched forest in Canada and the third largest wetland in the world,McGuinty said.
• Stephanie Chadwick in New Zealand Herald
  The (purchase) gives legal protection to one of the most intact wetland areas remaining in the Basin. It also safeguards an outstanding natural landscape,Ms Chadwick said.