The NWI Program mapped about 2.04 million acres of wetlands and over 1 million acres of deepwater habitats, excluding marine waters. The wetland mapping is conservative due to limitations of the photointerpretation techniques employed. Considering NRCS hydric soil data and the results of a wetland map assessment done for the LURC region, the actual extent of wetlands in Maine is likely somewhere between 3.28 and 3.75 million acres, representing 17-19% of the state's land area.
| Author: U. S. Departm Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: May 01, 2013 |
| Number of Pages: 30 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1484857437 |
| ISBN-13: 9781484857434 |