A study of the impact of the wetlands easement program on agricultural land values / Ralph J. Brown.
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TextPublication details: ND : Fish and Wildlife Service, 1975.Description: 16 p. : ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The wetlands of the prairie pothole region of the northcentral United States and neighboring Canada constitute an important natural resource which has alternative but competing uses. In their natural state these wetlands provide habitat for wildlife and such hydrologic benefits as water quality maintenance, groundwater recharge, and flood control. In particular, they are of key importance to migratory waterfowl where in a normal year as much as 55 percent of the total North American duck population is produced. In their alternative use these same wetlands,when drained, provide arable land and eliminate the cost of tilling around potholes. With recent changes in the agricultural situation the pressure to drain these wetlands for crop production has become particularly intense.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 16).
The wetlands of the prairie pothole region of the northcentral United States and neighboring Canada constitute an important natural resource which has alternative but competing uses. In their natural state these wetlands provide habitat for wildlife and such hydrologic benefits as water quality maintenance, groundwater recharge, and flood control. In particular, they are of key importance to migratory waterfowl where in a normal year as much as 55 percent of the total North American duck population is produced. In their alternative use these same wetlands,when drained, provide arable land and eliminate the cost of tilling around potholes. With recent changes in the agricultural situation the pressure to drain these wetlands for crop production has become particularly intense.