This site provides information on the 1996 national list of vascular plant species occuring in wetlands. This site, also, lists the wetland indicator categories. Copies of the 1996 National List are available from the Fish and Wildlife Service. The 1996 National Listing can be downloaded from this web site. Values and Functions of Wetlands 1. 2.
Wetlands produce great volumes of food as leaves and stems break down in the water.
This provides food for insects, shellfish, and forage fish, and it provides nutrients for wetlands plants and algae. An amazing 289 species of animals live in the wetlands. Animals such as hawks, bobcats, foxes, minks, weasels, beaver, muskrats, deer, and coyote make wetlands their homes. Also the special conditions that are found in these wetlands support rare and unusual species that cannot survive elsewhere. This site is designed to give you access to the latest information on policies concerning wildlife management and related issues.