Wetland Resources: Missouri

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Missouri wetlands occupy 643,000 acres. about 1.4 percent of the State's area. Before the arrival of European settlers, wetlands occupied about 4.84 million acres, about 10.8 percent of what is now Missouri, and were a significant component of the landscape.

Type of document

Report

Program

Large pool of water surrounded by low tundra grasses under cloud covered sky.

National Wetlands Inventory

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency tasked with providing information to the public on the extent and status of the nation’s wetland and deepwater habitats, as well as changes to these habitats over time.

Program

Ecosystem

Wetland

Subject tags

Wetland restoration

FWS and DOI Region(s)

Midwest