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Waterfowl and Habitat Changes
After 40 Years on the Waubay Study Area

Table 3


Table 3. Percent composition of wetland basins by class (Stewart and Kantrud 1971) and percent drainage of 504 wetlands in the Waubay study area, Day County, South Dakota, 1992.
Wetlands Comp Drained
Class No. % No. %
I 57 11.3 26 45.6
II 44 8.7 25 56.8
III 219 43.5 68 31.1
IV 61 12.1 5 8.2
IIIt 37 7.3 15 40.5
T-2 41 8.1 11 26.8
T-3 43 8.5 30 69.8
T-4 2 0.4 0 0.0
Total 504 99.9 180 35.7

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