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GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS
COMPLEX NAME ESTIMATED WETLAND ACRES REMAINING
1
STATUS
2
Acres of Wetlands by Complex
Rainwater Basin 34,103 Endangered
Central Table Playas 7,317
Southwest Playas 21,680
Todd Valley 2,662 Endangered
Sandhills 369,606
Loup/Platte River Sandhills 8,174
Eastern Saline 3,244 Endangered
Western Alkaline 10,703
Central Platte 40,761 Endangered
Platte Confluence 14,280 Endangered
Lower Platte 33,422 Endangered
Missouri River 61,430 Endangered
Elkhorn 26,396
Niobrara 30,633
1
Based on analysis of National Wetland Inventory (NWI) Data (LaGrange et al. 2005).
2
Based on past losses and projected future threats. The other complexes face threats but are not considered endangered.
Rainwater Basin 34,103 Endangered
Southwest Playas 21,680
Sandhills 369,606
Eastern Saline 3,244 Endangered
Central Platte 40,761 Endangered
Lower Platte 33,422 Endangered
Elkhorn 26,396
A pied-billed grebe fl oats on a wetland at the edge of a lake in the Sandhills. GRANT REINER, PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
