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4 GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS Table of Contents NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS ..................................... 5 What Is a Wetland? ....................................................... 5 Benefi ts: Why Wetlands are Important? ........................ 8 Wetland Dynamics ...................................................... 11 Wetland Restoration and Management ....................... 11 Wetland Classifi cation ................................................. 12 Wetland Inventories and Maps .................................... 12 Statewide Wetland Resources .................................... 13 Wetland Conservation Efforts ..................................... 14 What You Can Do ......................................................... 15 Wetland Conservation Approaches ............................. 16 NEBRASKA'S REGIONAL WETLAND COMPLEXES ...................................... 18 Playa Wetlands .............................................................. 21 Rainwater Basin ........................................................... 21 Central Table Playas ...................................................... 26 Southwest Playas ......................................................... 27 Todd Valley ................................................................... 28 Sandhills Wetlands ....................................................... 29 Sandhills ...................................................................... 29 Loup/Platte River Sandhills .......................................... 37 Saline and Alkaline Wetlands ...................................... 38 Eastern Saline .............................................................. 38 Western Alkaline ........................................................... 42 Riverine Wetlands ......................................................... 44 Central Platte River ....................................................... 44 Platte Confl uence ......................................................... 49 Lower Platte River ........................................................ 51 Missouri River .............................................................. 53 Elkhorn River ................................................................ 57 Niobrara River .............................................................. 60 NOMENCLATURE ......................................................... 64 SELECT WETLAND SPECIES ....................................... 66 REFERENCES ................................................................ 68 Wetlands in the Sandhills are home to many species of shorebirds, including this American avocet. MARIAH LUNDGREN, PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE