Wetland Resources: Colorado

Wetlands cover only about 1.5 percent of Colorado but are ecologically and economically valuable to the state. Wetlands provide important wildlife habitat-during some part of their life cycle, as much as 90 percent of the State's fish and wildlife depend on riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.

Learn more about riparian habitats that include wetlands, and wetlands provide stopover and breeding grounds to migratory waterfowl. Wetlands also provide flood attenuation, bank stabilization, and water-quality improvement.