Missouri Wetlands: Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Wetlands in Missouri

• What is a Wetland?
• Wetland Values

Developing Wetlands

• Construction of Small Wetlands
• Development
• Wetland Restoration in Floodplains
• A Wetland Below a Pond
• Chart of Wetland Management and Benefits

Managing Wetlands

• Moist Soil Management (Seasonally Flooded Impoundments)
• Seasonally Flooded Croplands
• Greentree Reservoirs (Flooded Live Timber)
• Farm Ponds and Small Lakes
• Natural Sloughs
• Opportunistic Flooding Management Options
• Controlling Undesirable Species
• Wood Duck Nesting Program
• Canada Goose Nesting Program
• Management of Wetlands for Shorebirds
• Mammals in Wetlands
• Invertebrates in Wetlands

Wetlands and the Law

Image: A male blue-wing teal in breeding plumage swims in a managed bottomland marsh.