Background: Ecologically, the expansion of drainage systems has had tremendous negative effects. Hundreds of thousands of wetland species experienced significant population declines as their habitat was increasingly fragmented and destroyed. Although market hunting within the Central Flyway was a contributing factor in the decline of many waterfowl species' numbers in the early decades of the twentieth century, loss of breeding habitat to agricultural expansion is certainly the most significant. Early maps of midwestern states depict many lakes and marshes that are either nonexistent or significantly reduced in area today. Channelization, a related process of concentrating and facilitating the flow of water from agricultural areas, also contributed to this degradation.

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: What wetlands should Steve take his family to have the best chance to see wildlife?
Answer: Laslo Wetlands

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: What wetlands will Steve want to avoid if his goal is to see the most wildlife?
Answer: Timmons Wetlands

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: Will Timmons Wetlands have more or less wildlife than Laslo Wetlands?
Answer: less

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: Will Laslo Wetlands have more or less wildlife than Timmons Wetlands?
Answer: more

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: Will Timmons Wetlands or Laslo Wetlands have more channelization?
Answer: Timmons Wetlands

Situation: Seeing wildlife in wetland areas has been all the rage lately, and Steve wanted to take his family on a trip to some wetlands. He had the option of two different wetland areas to visit. Timmons Wetlands, that has seen a population boom of sorts because of increased agriculture in the area, and Laslo Wetlands that has been somewhat removed from agricultural expansion. They want to make sure to see the most wildlife while on their trip.

Question: Will Timmons Wetlands or Laslo Wetlands  have less channelization?
Answer: Laslo Wetlands

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Which drainage expansion area will most likely have the worst PR results?
Answer: wetlands area

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Which drainage expansion area will most likely have the least damaging PR results?
Answer: empty field

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Will the drainage expansion in the the wetlands area have a better or worse ecological impact than the expansion to the empty field?
Answer: worse

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Will the drainage expansion into the empty field have a better or worse ecological impact than the expansion into the wetlands?
Answer: better

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Which drainage expansion project will more than likely damage local wildlife, the empty field area or wetlands area expansions?
Answer: wetlands area

Situation: The Vista Corporation has decided that it needs to expand it's drainage systems to provide for its ever expanding campus. They have a couple of options to route the piping through, the most feasible being a wetlands area to the east, and an empty field to the west. City planners have given them the okay for either, but Vista Corporation is trying to explore which decision will have the least ecological impact on the area, as damaging the environment may have bad PR results for them.

Question: Which drainage expansion project will more than likely do the least damage local wildlife, the empty field area or wetlands area expansions?
Answer: empty field area