Forty-seven of sixty reptiles also utilize Illinois wetlands. Wetlands are home to many beautiful and rare species of many different types of animals, such as muskrats, beaver, mink, otter, and alligators. Wetlands are also home to commercial and recreational fish, shellfish, and wildlife. This world is driven primarily by monetary values, so the economic values of wetlands is the biggest factor in deciding whether the future destruction of wetlands should go on. Wetlands are also a huge provider of timber, wild rice, furs, blueberries, cranberries, and medicines derived from wetland soils and plants.
People also use wetlands for recreational use.
The use of wetlands by people accounts for a significant amount of the money in the United States. There have also been scientific studies done to determine the economic benefits of wetlands in the United States. In conclusion, wetlands and all that they have to offer are definitely worth saving from future destruction. Whether we can go on destroying wetlands and all their benefits or whether we protect them now and save billions of dollars for the future is a question that needs to be answered in the very near future. I say that wetlands are very much worth saving because they not only provide numerous economic benefits, but also many environmental benefits that we could not replace once completely depleted.