This report represents the first wetland status and trends study designed exclusively for the Chesapeake Watershed. It provides the most up-to-date and accurate information on the status and trends of wetlands in the Watershed. It provides a comprehensive overview of the cumulative recent impacts of agriculture, urban development, impoundment construction, timber harvest, beaver influences, and other factors on wetlands and will be useful for evaluating current policies affecting wetlands. These results will also prove invaluable to regulatory agencies, natural resource managers and planners, environmental organizations, and the general public in making future land use decisions and in addressing the Watershed's major wetland problems.