The indicator relates to abundance of wetlands in the rangeland landscape. Wetlands for this indicator include depression (e.g., vernal pools) and slope wetlands but do not include riverine or floodplain wetlands that are covered under the “Extent and Condition of Riparian Systems” indicator. This indicator measures the number and total area of wetlands within all or portions of the rangeland system. The metric may be either a) numbers of individually identifiable wetlands and acreage for a particular region, or for the entire rangeland region, or b) numbers and percent of landscape occupied by wetlands.