The picture above includes a coastal wetland area. A wetland is land full of water. Wetlands includemarshes, swamps and bogs. One of the species on the endangered species list in Maine is the box turtle. The reason why the box turtle is endangered is because the habitat is being destroyed. The box turtle is listed as a species of concern in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  If wetlands continue to be destroyed other animals may become endangered. That's why we should not destroy wetlands or any other habitat area.

                                                                   
Here is a habitat when it is not destroyed.       Here is what happens when you
                                                                                    pollute a habitat.