wetlands

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However, the rich resources of the northern wetlands were more suited to the lifestyle practised by hunter-gatherers.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

This widened the focus to further sites around the Lower Rhine–Meuse area – wetlands and coastal areas as well as rivers – spanning the late hunter-gatherer cultures to the bronze age.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

When, by the mid-1980s, commercial hunting and the destruction of wetlands brought nine of 10 major North American duck species into steep decline, a 1985 farm bill helped reverse that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

And the family, from Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, are far from alone in seeking out the amphibians, which are critically endangered and only found in lakes and wetlands in southern Mexico City.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

The land below was bottomland, where red maples, trees of the wetlands, grew.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George