wetlands

A brief introduction to wetlands, their appearance, location, and plants and animals that live there.

Photographic journey through the inland marshes, coastal wetlands, peatlands, swamps, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams of North America, with essays that describe and define the varied types of wetlands, and a discussion of the challenges of photographing these environments.

Explains, through text and photographs, the various types of wetlands and their importance, describes the plants and animals that live in them, and explores different approaches to saving wetlands.

Presents color-illustrated, encyclopedia-style articles on the wetland biome, covering its geography, geology, chemistry, biology, biodiversity, history, economics, health, management, and relationship to the atmosphere, and includes a glossary and a further reading list.

Discusses the wetland biome and how it is affected by the environment and people.

Encourages basic counting skills in young children with photographs of native wetland animals and landscapes, and focuses on numbers one through ten.

Provides readings and activities to teach grade school children about the plants and animals that live in wetlands, and discusses the role people play in the destruction of these areas and how to help protect them.

Provides readings and activities to teach grade school children about the plants and animals that live in wetlands and discusses the role people play in the destruction of these areas.

Photographs and simple text introduce children to the wetland environment, describing what a wetland is and the different types of animals, fish, and birds found there.

Provides information about wetlands habitats that exist where water meets the land, explaining how wetlands form, examining different types of wetlands, and introducing some of the many different wetlands plants and animals.