Department of Agriculture to restore 75 acres of wetland in Wright County as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wetland Mitigation Banking Program.
11% of Iowaas surface area was wetland prior to European settlement of the state.
95% of wetlands have been drained in the state, and a study from the Union of Concerned Scientists reported Iowa has 640,000 acres of wetlands.
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