EarthTalk: Why Are Wetlands So Important to Preserve?

 By Doug Moss Wetlands serve a variety of important ecological functions including feeding downstream waters, trapping floodwaters, recharging groundwater supplies, removing pollution and providing fish and wildlife habitat. Credit: Bo Eide Contrary to popular myth that most ocean pollution is oil spilled from ships, most of it is land-based litter.

Ottawa Life Earth Talk

 A recent report by the National Wildlife Federation found that the three-year-old BP spill is still having a serious negative effect on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico and its wildlife populations. Smoke billows over a controlled oil fire off the coast of Venice, Louisiana, on May 5, 2010. Photo Credit: Petty