Water

Hamilton Marsh is the largest body of water in the French Creek Watershed on which thousands depend. “LITTLE HAMILTON MARSH” It’s the largest body of water in the French Creek Watershed The wetland is 36 hectares in size within 360 hectares of forest. “Little...

Wetlands as Infrastructure

Water, wetland values

“Wetlands help to reduce the level of sediments, nutrients and toxic chemicals in the water. Learning from natural wetlands, many communities now use biofiltration wetlands to remove urban and agricultural contaminants before they enter streams. (In the year 2000)...

Vernal Pools

Vernal Pools, Water, wetland values

“Small, seasonal wetlands are important habitats for amphibians, which live in “metapopulations” – i.e., interconnected subpopulations that together sustain the overall population via dispersal between habitat patches, especially in years with...