Wetland Resources: New Mexico

Wetland Resources: New Mexico
National-Water-Summary-Wetland-Resources-New-Mexico.pdf1.84 MB

Wetlands cover about 482,000 acres (0.6 percent) of New Mexico, a reduction of about 33 percent from the wetland acreage that existed about 200 years ago. New Mexico's wetland acreage places the state 34th in total wetland acreage among the 48 conterminous states.

Type of document
Report
Program
Large pool of water surrounded by low tundra grasses under cloud covered sky.
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
Wetlands
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southwest