Often conjuring images of dank, smelly, mosquito-infested wastelands, upon closer look, wetlands are actually biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. Home to a variety of plant life ...

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 ...

Wyoming is host to a wide variety of freshwater wetland ecosystems, including emergent marshes, wet meadows, playas, riparian forests, and fens. These wetlands exist at the interface, or ecotone, of ...