Swamped With Cash
Political campaign contributions and the assault on America's wetlands laws
Table 1
March 1, 1996
Swamped With Cash: Table 1
Table 1.
In ten states, at least three million acres of wetlands would lose Clean Water Act protection under S. 851 and H.R. 961.
| State | Minimum wetlands acres that lose protection under H.R. 961 | Minimum wetlands acres that lose protection under S. 851 |
| Texas | 7,231,791 | 6,851,171 |
| Florida | 5,519,150 | 7,174,895 |
| Minnesota | 5,220,000 | 4,611,000 |
| North Carolina | 4,978,313 | 4,978,313 |
| Georgia | 4,763,082 | 4,763,082 |
| Michigan | 4,745,890 | 4,745,890 |
| South Carolina | 4,551,843 | 4,551,843 |
| Louisiana | 3,777,206 | 3,777,206 |
| Alabama | 3,556,772 | 3,632,448 |
| Wisconsin | 3,198,835 | 2,825,638 |
| Total, Contiguous U.S. | 73,978,817 | 74,410,275 |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data and results of interagency field tests.