Are wetlands irreplaceable?
Wetlands are an important and unique natural resource. But as the Baker Wetland’s own history demonstrates, wetlands can successfully be created. In the early twentieth century, the Haskell Institute used much of what is now the Baker Wetlands for agriculture. Efforts to reclaim and restore these wetlands began in earnest as late as the mid-1960s. What you see today in the wetlands is, in fact, the result of people’s active management of the wetland environment. Controlled burns, special plantings and introduction of various species are all processes that preserve and renew the wetlands.
