Heimlich, Ralph E.; Wiebe, Keith D.; Claassen, Roger; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1998
Society has recently increased the value it places on the services that wetlands provide, including water quality … improvements, flood control, wildlife habitat, and recreation. However, owners of wetlands are often unable to profit from these … incentives regarding wetlands. Federal wetland policy has shifted in recent decades--from encouraging wetland conversion to …