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Table 20.3--Estimated acres of palustrine forested wetland conversion and loss by state and by activity in the South

State	Estimated acres of palustrine forested converted to:				Estimated acres of palustrine forested lost to:					Total estimated acres
	Palus-trine Emer-gent	Palus-trine Shrub	Palus-trine Other	Deep-water	Agricul-ture	Urban develop	Rural develop	Silvi-culture	Other	Conversion		Loss		Change
AL	53,717	289,103	3,317		2,686	18	6,301		512	346,137	(27)	9,517	(43)	355,654	(26)
AR	25,411	100,813	13,262	5,259	1,404	149	3,619	28,958	3,213	144,745	(22)	37,343	(37)	182,088	(23)
FL	41,654	187,284	3,366	492	6,789	11,487	26,424	582	3,892	232,796	(21)	49,174	(23)	281,970	(18)
GA	108,778	677,994	18,593	2,554	24,049	12,422	7,330	30,745	6,075	807,919	(11)	80,621	(28)	888,540	(11)
KY				174	9,629				868	174	(*)	10,497	(60)	10,671	(59)
LA	21,834	83,700	25,447	13,357	9,015	1,311	4,921	40,319	4,742	144,388	(21)	60,308	(31)	204,646	(18)
MS	32,963	386,429	11,250	6,587	34,841	4,951	15,508		1,102	437,229	(29)	56,402	(45)	493,631	(26)
NC	56,393	472,116	6,235	86	2,888	1,245	2,677		246	534,830	(16)	7,056	(22)	541,886	(16)
OK	18,352	5,340	15,536	92	2,628	3,679				39,320	(42)	6,307	(69)	45,627	(38)
SC	60,368	294,246	5,298	33	1,184	9,293	3,445	630	2,185	359,945	(19)	16,737	(35)	376,682	(18)
TN		21	42		16,882	174	94			63	(*)	17,150	(64)	17,213	(64)
TX	30,357	70,262	755	118			3,040	1,005	59	101,492	(54)	4,104	(50)	105,596	(53)
VA	9,697	1,279	1,177			1,177				12,153	(64)	1,177	(*)	13,330	(59)
TOTAL	459,524	2,568,587	104,278	28,752	111,995	45,906	73,359	102,239	22,894	3,161,141		356,393		3,517,534
	(10)	(8)			(25)	(19)	(21)	(29)	(18)	(7)		(13)		(7)

Note: Values in parentheses are percent coefficient of variation with an asterix (*) indicating it’s statistically unreliable.

Estimate based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetland Inventory data from 1986-1997(Dahl 2000).