atmospheric maintenance &#149; wetlands world-wide help moderate global climatic conditions &#149; store carbon within their live and preserved (peat) plant biomass instead of releasing it to the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas hydrologic cycle roles &#149; receive, store, and release water in numerous ways &#149; some wetlands maintain stream flow during dry periods &#149; some wetlands replenish groundwater flood storage &#149; store and slowly release surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters &#149; wetland vegetation also impedes the movement of flood waters and distributes them more slowly over floodplains &#149; counteract the greatly increased rate and volume of surface-water runoff from pavement and buildings shoreline erosion protection &#149; protect shorelines and stream banks against erosion &#149; hold the soil in place with their roots &#149; absorb the energy of waves &#149; break up the flow of stream or river currents opportunities for recreation, education, research and aesthetic appreciation &#149; used to hunt, fish, birdwatch or photograph wildlife &#149; nature-based tourism involves birds, many of which are wetland-dependent &#149; used for hiking, boating, and other recreational activities &#149; studied in conjunction with environmental programs &#149; excellent research and teaching sites to learn about vegetation, ecological functions and processes, biodiversity, and plant-animal interactions &#149; artists and writers capture the beauty of wetlands on canvas and paper, or through cameras, and video and sound recorders economic benefits of natural services and products at little or no cost &#149; wetlands filtering function saves us a great deal of money &#149; wetlands supporting timber totals about 55 million acres &#149; blueberries, cranberries, mints, and wild rice, are produced in wetlands &#149; medicines from wetland soils and plants &#149; fishing and shellfishing industries harvest wetland-dependent species &#149; habitats for commercial fur-bearers like muskrat, beaver, otter, and mink, as well as reptiles such as alligators &#149; 3 million migratory bird hunters generated $1.3 billion in retail sales reduce flood damage and protect our health and safety &#149; reduce the likelihood of flood damage to homes, businesses, and crops in agricultural areas &#149; lower flood heights and reduce erosion downstream and on adjacent lands &#149; reduce or prevent waterlogging of agricultural lands &#149; less monetary flood damage (and related insurance costs), as well as greater protection of human health, safety, and welfare.
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preserved
$1.3 billion in retail sales
erosion downstream and on adjacent lands &#149 reduce or prevent waterlogging of agricultural lands &#149 less monetary flood damage (and related insurance costs), as well as greater protection of human health, safety, and welfare
birds, many of which are wetland-dependent &#149
some wetlands replenish groundwater flood storage &#149 store and slowly release surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters &#149 wetland vegetation also impedes the movement of flood waters and distributes them more slowly over floodplains &#149 break up the flow of stream or river currents opportunities for recreation, education, research and aesthetic appreciation &#149
the beauty of wetlands on canvas and paper
the movement of flood waters
wetland-dependent &#149
the likelihood of flood damage to homes, businesses, and crops in agricultural areas &#149
us a great deal of money &#149
function
timber totals about 55 million acres &#149
L:over floodplains &#149
store carbon within their live and preserved (peat) plant biomass instead of releasing it to the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas hydrologic cycle roles &#149 receive, store, and release water in numerous ways &#149 some wetlands maintain stream flow during dry periods &#149 some wetlands replenish groundwater flood storage &#149 store and slowly release surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters &#149 wetland vegetation also impedes the movement of flood waters and distributes them more slowly over floodplains &#149 counteract the greatly increased rate and volume of surface-water runoff from pavement and buildings shoreline erosion protection &#149 protect shorelines and stream banks against erosion &#149 hold the soil in place with their roots &#149 absorb the energy of waves &#149 break up the flow of stream or river currents opportunities for recreation, education, research and aesthetic appreciation &#149 used to hunt, fish, birdwatch or photograph wildlife &#149 nature-based tourism involves birds used for hiking, boating, and other recreational activities &#149
stream flow T:during dry periods