U.S. Wetlands Protection Efforts Failing

12 July 2001 - 12:00pm

A National Academy of Sciences study says that U.S. efforts to protect wetlands are failing.

"The panel, an advisory council to the National Academy of Sciences, found that construction of substitute wetlands has often been delayed or never completed. Many projects that were finished have failed to serve the function of natural wetlands, and there has been little follow-up to insure that the artificial wetlands do not silt up or become weed-choked."

Source: National Geographic, July 12, 2001
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