Hypoxia Solution Through Wetland Restoration in America's Breadbasket

A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico caused by pollution emanating from 40 percent of the lower 48 United States, has recently caught the nation's attention. Presented here is a summary of a scientific report commissioned by the federal government that recommends, among other things, a massive restoration of wetlands and riparian buffers in the Midwest to help solve the gulf pollution problem.