One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back One ... Saving North America’s biggest freshwater fish The world’s wetlands are slipping away. This vibrant sanctuary underscores ...

Freshwater habitats face a multitude of threats ... Despite their value and importance, many lakes, rivers, and wetlands around the world are being severely damaged by human activities and ...

That’s why the Center works to protect fresh water and the animals and plants who depend on it ... federal protections from countless of our nation’s waterways and wetlands, leaving these critical ...

In the last century, two thirds of the world's precious wetlands were lost. Numbers of freshwater animals have declined by three quarters since 1970. People have been affected too. The drying of ...

But the world’s wetlands are in crisis. We have lost over a third since 1970. And we are continuing to degrade and destroy them – rivers and reefs, marshes and mangroves, swamps and seagrass beds. The ...

Losing wetlands pushes thousands of animals and plants toward extinction ... “Safeguarding our wetlands is more urgent now than ever, as fresh water is the most important element for life on Earth. We ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

Wetlands are also nurseries for many salt and freshwater fishes and shellfish of commercial ... So we do have wetland habitat, which supports a tremendous diversity of native plants and animals. So it ...