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Wetlands can be found everywhere in Nebraska. Although some wetlands fall outside of the four major categories that come from the Wetlands of Nebraska Guide. These other wetlands remain a valuable component of the larger landscape as a whole. When we say wetlands are everywhere, it is not an understatement. Road ditches, streams, constructed farm ponds, reservoirs, even our towns and cities (urban areas), hold wetlands and constitute “the wetlands among us" those pockets of life linked to both the water that flows, falls, and seeps into them and the people who nurture them.

Urban wetlands may at first glance appear to be nothing more than shallow depressions with accumulated water and a smattering of plants, but they are hotspots for wildlife and human activity alike. Urban wetlands are characterized informally by their proximity to human settlement, sometimes linked to the fringes of our urban communities or nestled in the heart of a town. Urban wetlands help improve and enrich our lives in countless ways.

Follow along in the urban wetlands film as Ted LaGrange, shares his personal connections to wetlands and how he came to be Nebraska’s wetland program manager. Learn about a variety of research, and work being done to protect our urban wetland spaces for future generations. Witness the often overlooked wildlife and plant species that have a direct connection to our urban spaces and their associated wetlands habitats.