Coastal Wetlands at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, MA. Captions and Photo source: ©© Kelly Fike/USFWS
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The U.S. lost an average of 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004 to 2009, according to the latest data published by federal agencies. More than 70 percent of the estimated loss came in the Gulf of Mexico; nationwide, most of the loss was blamed on development that incurred on freshwater wetlands…
