!!!Save The Wetlands!!!
!!! BY REESE GUNNING !!!
WHAT ARE WETLANDS ?
WETLANDS ARE LARGE AREAS OF WATER COVERING GOOD MOIST SOIL. THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT TYPES OF WETLANDS, A BOG, A SWAMP, A MARSH, A FEN, AND SHALLOW OPEN WATER. MOST OF THE TIME THE WATER IS SEEN IN WETLANDS LIKE SWAMPS, MARSHES AND SHALLOW OPEN WATER. ALSO PEATLANDS WHICH ARE ALSO A GROUP OF WETLANDS WHICH ARE FENS AND BOGS. WETLANDS HELP HOLD WATER. ONE OF THE THINGS WETLANDS CAN DO IS : WETLANDS TAKE WATER INTO THEM. THE WATER SLOWLY ABSORBS INTO THE WETLAND LIKE A SPONGE AND SENDS THE WATER BACK INTO THE UNDERGROUND WATER STREAM. WETLANDS ARE USUALLY SLOW MOVING WATER OR STILL WATER. WETLANDS CAN ALSO LOOK LIKE PONDS, LAKES, RIVERS, AND STREAMS.
WHY ARE WETLANDS IMPORTANT ?
WETLANDS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE DON’T HAVE WETLANDS IN THE WORLD SOME TYPES OF ANIMALS WILL GO EXTINCT. JUST LIKE HUMANS ANIMALS NEED SPACE TO GROW UP LIVE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IF YOU JUST THINK NOT HAVE BEEN ALIVE BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE LAND TO LIVE ON . WE HAVE A HOME SO I THINK IT’S ONLY FAIR IF ANIMALS GET A HOME TOO. WETLANDS CAN ALSO HELP PREVENT FLOODS BECAUSE THE EXTRA WATER GOES INTO THE WETLAND AND THE WETLANDS SUCK UP THE WATER LIKE A SPONGE AND TAKE MORE WATER INTO THE WETLAND THATS A VERY IMPORTANT TOO HAVE WETLANDS BUT NOT JUST FOR THAT THERE OTHER REASONS WETLANDS ARE IMPORTANT. SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER WETLANDS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IF YOU CAN HELP THAT YOU SHOULD HELP KEEP THE WETLANDS IN ALBERTA. WETLAND ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY PURIFY THE WATER THAT GOES THROW THEM.
CALLING A WETLAND HOME! ANIMALS/PLANTS
WITHOUT WETLANDS
WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP!
WE CAN PICK UP ANY EVIDENCE OF GARBAGE
DON'T THROW YOUR GARBAGE IN THE WATER/AREA IN THE FIRST PLACE
KEEP KIDS WHO ARE CATCHING FISH AWAY SO THEY DON’T DISTURB THE ANIMALS LIVING WAYS
PLEASE LEAVE NO TRACE AS IN LEAVE THE AREA AS YOU FOUND IT ALSO INCLUDING NOT TO BRING OR LEAVE ANYTHING THERE
BE EMPATHETIC TO THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT LIVE IN WETLANDS