Wetland Assessment Criteria 9 



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palustrine emergent wetlands in the P"^^^"^^;°'''°^'ia^d? in North 



Wisconsin (Frayer et al., 1983). 



The national decline of wetlands was dramatic in "^^"y St^^^^^^J 



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Louisiana, Michigan. Minnesota. North Dakota and Ohio. 



(a) Losses by Wetland Type 



^ analysis of -nds study data fo^ the 4^ states indic^^^^^^^ 

 wetland types, as described ^y ^"""d n « increased 



significantly, others "™'''"'t;'''°'':* ,f„d Los as shown in Table 

 fra^fbten^^o^^d ■:1ren;S.^rrerr l^spond w.th deCn.n. 

 stable and increasing wetland trends. 



These data forn, the basis for establishing the wetland J"- ^-^'allo 

 A „„^;v 1 An uoland (non-wetland) cover type category is 



National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan 



