
The alteration of a former or degraded wetland’s physical, chemical, or biological features to restore its natural functions (wetland restoration). The following are examples of restoration techniques:
Wetland protection is described as removing a threat to wetland conditions or avoiding their decline. Voluntary conservation of naturally occurring wetlands, with rehabilitating compromised wetlands, is an important aspect of voluntary wetland restoration and protection.
Wetlands can help to reduce flood frequency and intensity by functioning as natural buffers, soaking up and storing a large amount of floodwater. A wetland can normally store three-acre feet of water or one million gallons of water, or three acres covered in water three feet deep. When hurricanes or tropical storms hit the coast, coastal wetlands act as storm surge barriers. Barrier islands, shoals, marshes, wooded wetlands, and other coastal landscape features can provide a major and potentially long-term buffer from the wind and storm surge generated by tropical storms and hurricanes along the Gulf coast.
Wetland restoration and protection are crucial for maintaining critical wildlife habitats, assisting in the achievement of state and tribal watershed goals, and contributing to economic prosperity. Moreover, many states have funded initiatives that help create, support, or coordinate local restoration efforts to attain these aims.
Furthermore, the diverse tasks that natural wetland systems perform provide numerous benefits to states and tribes in terms of restoration and protection. Wetlands are an important aspect of our natural infrastructure because of their unique natural properties.
As they build volunteer restoration and protection efforts, states and tribes can aim for any/all of the following goals:
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