Table 3.
Hectares of agricultural land selected as potentially amenable to wetland restoration (PRW-Ag) across ecoregions by the three classes of wetland potential.
| Omernik Level 2 Ecoregion Name | Ecoregion Code | Low PRW-Ag (ha) | % Ecoregion | Moderate PRW-Ag (ha) | % Ecoregion | High PRW-Ag (ha) | % Ecoregion | Total PRW-Ag (ha) | % Ecoregion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Wood Shield | 5.2 | 38,576 | 0 | 134,285 | 1 | 247,983 | 1 | 420,844 | 2 |
| Atlantic Highlands | 5.3 | 38,674 | 0 | 43,075 | 0 | 28,938 | 0 | 110,687 | 1 |
| Western Cordillera | 6.2 | 43,456 | 0 | 220,083 | 0 | 262,957 | 0 | 526,495 | 1 |
| Marine West Coast Forest | 7.1 | 46,831 | 1 | 117,228 | 1 | 171,857 | 2 | 335,916 | 4 |
| Mixed Wood Plains | 8.1 | 536,895 | 1 | 633,077 | 2 | 1,324,509 | 3 | 2,494,480 | 7 |
| Central USA Plains | 8.2 | 878,950 | 4 | 1,272,934 | 6 | 4,418,555 | 20 | 6,570,438 | 29 |
| Southeastern USA Plains | 8.3 | 558,949 | 1 | 2,404,201 | 2 | 1,855,889 | 2 | 4,819,039 | 5 |
| Ozark/Ouachita-Appalachian Forests | 8.4 | 125,577 | 0 | 551,086 | 1 | 161,384 | 0 | 838,047 | 2 |
| Mississippi Alluvial & Southeast Coastal Plains | 8.5 | 573,257 | 2 | 1,455,116 | 4 | 4,470,921 | 13 | 6,499,294 | 20 |
| Temperate Prairies | 9.2 | 2,039,693 | 4 | 8,373,825 | 16 | 5,694,313 | 11 | 16,107,831 | 31 |
| West-Central Semiarid Prairies | 9.3 | 39,672 | 0 | 3,117,022 | 5 | 205,918 | 0 | 3,362,612 | 6 |
| South Central Semiarid Prairies | 9.4 | 15,312 | 0 | 1,437,067 | 1 | 122,952 | 0 | 1,575,331 | 2 |
| Texas-Louisiana Coastal Plain | 9.5 | 33,473 | 0 | 881,218 | 12 | 368,415 | 5 | 1,283,107 | 18 |
| Tamaulipas-Texas Semiarid Plain | 9.6 | 15 | 0 | 2,406 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 2,585 | 0 |
| Cold Deserts | 10.1 | 29,445 | 0 | 510,905 | 1 | 295,441 | 0 | 835,791 | 1 |
| Warm Deserts | 10.2 | 85 | 0 | 3,125 | 0 | 1,130 | 0 | 4,339 | 0 |
| Mediterranean California | 11.1 | 10,061 | 0 | 85,082 | 1 | 495,779 | 3 | 590,922 | 4 |
| Western Sierra Madre Piedmont | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Upper Gila Mountains | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everglades | 15.4 | 16,669 | 1 | 20,943 | 1 | 277,026 | 13 | 314,638 | 15 |
| Total | – | 5,025,588 | 0.66 | 21,262,738 | 2.78 | 20,404,131 | 2.67 | 46,692,457 | 6.10 |