Wetlands Supplement: Incorporating Wetlands into Watershed Planning

A watershed is the area of land that contributes runoff to or drains to a lake, river, stream, wetland, estuary or bay. Wetlands are the link between land and water. They are transition zones where the flow of water, the cycling of nutrients, and the energy of the sun meet to produce a unique ecosystem characterized by hydrology, soils, and vegetation, making these areas very important feature…