Lakes Drained
- Only approximately
1,307 wetland acres remained;
- A total
of 4,556 acres of wetlands were drained and converted to cropland from
1938-1985. This represents an average annual net loss of about 100 acres
per year during this period;
- Overson
Lake was gone; however
- The 1985
Federal Farm Bill passed, with provisions to set aside land in the Conservation
Reserve Program; and
- Actions
to reduce wetland losses through Swampbuster were enacted. Next