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<br />Table 1. A list of Minnesota counties and the area of wetlands for each county based upon the NWI
<br />digital information.
<br />Minnesota County Wetland (acres) Martin 15,735
<br />Aitkin 552, 260 McLeod 33,123
<br />Anoka 78,932 Meeker 59,970
<br />Becker 154,158 Mille Lacs 105,310
<br />Beltrami 952,797 Morrison. 171,460
<br />Benton 40,952 Mower 8,888
<br />Big Stone 50,749 Murray 16,152
<br />Blue Earth 21,681 Nicollet 21,735
<br />Brown 17, 680 Nobles 8, 328
<br />Carlton 192, 034 Norman 19, 095
<br />Carver 37,251 Olmsted 9,707
<br />Cass 380,933 Otter Tail 210,705
<br />Chippewa 11,782 Pennington 30,033
<br />Chicago 56,242 Pine 269,993
<br />Clay 34,027 Pipestone 5,010
<br />Clearevater 170,255 Polk 90,825
<br />Cook 165,039 Pope 65,573
<br />Cottonwood 10, 348 Ramsey 13, 362
<br />Crow Wing 164,425 Red Lake 13,127
<br />Dakota 26,021 Redwood 10,103
<br />Dodge 5,429 Renville 18,793
<br />Douglas 64,181 Rice 25, 529
<br />Faribault 7, 366 Rock 3,159
<br />FYllsnore 5, 723 Roseau. 355,881
<br />Freeborn 11,068 Scott 36,258
<br />Goodhue 20,812 Sherburne 53,197
<br />Grant 26,361 Sibley 26,114
<br />Hennepin 54.349 Stearns 127,772
<br />Houston. 21, 599 Steele 7, 302
<br />Hubbard 86,411 Stevens 23,299
<br />Isanti 72,793 St. Louis 1,311,970
<br />Itasca 576,308 Swift 27,077
<br />Jackson 20,577 Todd 124,215
<br />Kanabec 76,402 Traverse 22,659
<br />Kandiyohi 60,641 Wabasha 16,806
<br />Kittson 70, 572 Wadena 84, 519
<br />Koochiching 1, 339, 529 Waseca 15,187
<br />Lac qui Parle 26,294 Washington 26,032
<br />Lake 364, 220 Watonwan 8,166
<br />Lake of the Woods 707,493 Wilkin 11,623
<br />Le Sueur 32,842 Winona 11,589
<br />Lincoln 17,856 Wright 72,.873
<br />Lyon 15,365 Yellow Medicine 12,946
<br />Mahnomen 53,494
<br />Marshall 196,132 Total (87 counties) 10,652,573
<br />For more information on the National Wetlands
<br />Inventory, contact:
<br />Kim Santos
<br />National Wetlands Inventory
<br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
<br />9720 Executive Center Drive, Suite 101
<br />St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2440
<br />Telephone: (813) 570-5412
<br />Fax: (813) 570-5420
<br />Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T.
<br />LaRoe. 1979. "Classillcation of Wetlands and
<br />Deepwater Habitats of the United States." FWS/OBS-
<br />79-31. U.S. FYsh and Wildlife Service, Department of
<br />the Interior. 131 pp. a
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