World Wetlands Day 2008 -- USA

06/02/2008

Dear friends-I am attaching a few photos of students from my Geography of Natural Resources class at Seattle Pacific University. We visited the Union Bay Natural Area along Lake Washington today to mark World Wetlands Day.

Kathleen Braden
Professor of Geography
Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific University geography class, Union Bay Natural Area

Michelle Morman, Union Bay wetlands sign

Jason Williams, Union Bay wetlands

The Convention today

Number of » Contracting Parties: 167 Sites designated for the
» List of Wetlands of
International Importance: 2,127 Total surface area of designated sites (hectares): 205,448,714

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