Why are wetlands important to animals?

For many animals and plants such as wood ducks, muskrat, cattails and swamp rose, inland wetlands are the only places they can live. Beaver may actually create their own wetlands. read more

Wetlands are important features in the landscape that provide numerous beneficial services for people and for fish and wildlife. Some of these services, or functions, include protecting and improving water quality, providing fish and wildlife habitats, storing floodwaters and maintaining surface water flow during dry periods. read more

Wetlands are highly productive and biologically diverse systems that enhance water quality, control erosion, maintain stream flows, sequester carbon, and provide a home to at least one third of all threatened and endangered species. read more

All of which are important to the ecosystem that the rest of of us animals rely on. It’s not too much of a stretch to say that water is necessary for life. So it’s not very difficult to see why places that have a lot of water tend to have a lot of life. A lot of widely varied life. read more