Marshes, wet meadows, swamps, and other wetlands in the United States need your help.ÂÂ

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, half of wetlands in the lower

Marshes, wet meadows, swamps, and other wetlands in the United States need your help.ÂÂ

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, half of wetlands in the lower 48 states — an area about the size of Yellowstone — have disappeared since the 1780s. And those that remain are at high risk: In 2023 the U.S. Supreme Court stripped 50 years of federal protection from many of these precious areas, leaving them vulnerable to draining, filling, excavating, and other destructive processes.

Learn more at www.saveourfreshwater.org.

Nearly 50% of threatened and endangered species use wetlands for breeding, nesting, feeding, and migration. More than 33% of them live only in wetlands. Losing these water-saturated ecosystems harms water quality, increases vulnerability to flood and climate change, and pushes thousands of animals and plants closer to extinction.ÂÂ

But not all endangered wetland species have designated critical habitat, even though the Endangered Species Act requires it — northern bog turtles, Florida Key deer, salt marsh harvest mice, Santa Cruz long-toed salamanders, and mountain sweet pitcher plants are just a few who desperately need their wetland homes protected.ÂÂ

This video highlights just a few of the species who need more protected critical habitat. Take action for giant garter snakes, mountain lions, and more: Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect more critical habitat for wetland-dependent species.

www.saveourfreshwater.org

PHOTO & VIDEO CREDITS:
Video clip of mountain lions courtesy Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge; photo of salt marsh harvest mouse by Rachel Tertes/USFWS; photo of tricolored bat by Pete Pattavina/USFWS; photo of bog turtle by Gary Peeples/USFWS; photo of Benton County cave crayfish by Pedro Ardapple-Kindberg; video clip of American alligator by Laura Bonneau/USFWS; photo of Santa Cruz long-toed salamander by Carmen Leong Minch/USFWS; photo of giant garter snake by Zarina Sheikh/USGS; photo of swamp pink by Yianni Laskaris/USFWS; photo of Guam rail by Peter Xiong/USGS.


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We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

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