- 40% of Oregon's wetlands have been drained, diked or filled since Euro-American settlement
- 53% of western Oregon's wetlands have been lost to development or converted to other uses
- Many existing wetlands are degraded because of poor land practices
- Nationally, nearly 35 per cent of all rare and endangered animal species depend on wetlands
- Loss of wetlands increases flooding and degrades water quality
Natural channels have been filled with water
diverted to manmade ditches; Burns, Oregon
(Esther Lev, The Wetlands Conservancy)
The California Pitcher Plant is an uncommon endemic
species found in fens in Oregon and California;
Darlingtonia Wayside, north of Florence, Oregon
(Esther Lev, The Wetlands Conservancy)
