Green Options » wetland management http://greenoptions.com/tag/wetland-management Posts tagged 'wetland management' Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Anyone Know Where to Find ‘Happy World Wetlands Day’ Cards? http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/01/anyone-know-where-to-find-happy-world-wetlands-day-cards/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/01/anyone-know-where-to-find-happy-world-wetlands-day-cards/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:55:10 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/01/anyone-know-where-to-find-happy-world-wetlands-day-cards/ A freshwater wetland (photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)Never mind Gobbler’s Knob and Punxsutawney Phil: Feb. 2 is also World Wetlands Day. Don’t scoff: the European Space Agency calls wetlands one of the “most threatened ecosystems on Earth,” and cites research that claims poor wetlands management contributes to the deaths of more than 3 million people every year.

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons.

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