Abijiata Lake wetlands are situated in Abijiata-Shalla National Park (ASLNP)ofCentral Rift Valleyrnof Ethiopia. This wetland has contributing significant roles in providing ecosystem functions andrnproducing a number of products and services-that are socially and economically important to thernlocal community. They also support a large population of migratory and residential waterfowl. Thernstudy was conducted to assess the challenges and opportunities of Lake Wetland's management;andrnto recommendation future intervention measures for long term sustainable use. Differentrnmethods were used to collect primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected fromrn120 farm household; interviews and focus group discussions with different social groups, and keyrninformants. The sample respondents were drawn from 3 kebeles adjacent to the lake wetlands.rnMoreover, land use/land cover change detection analysis was also made using satellite images (ofrn1973, 1986,2000 and 2009) and ground truth. Lake Abijiata and its wetlands provide the necesswyrnservices for eco-tourism development and economic base for the local communities. The resultrnindicate that more than 83% of people depend on the wetlands for different types of subsistencernincluding fodder, fuel wood, mining and mineral salt extraction. In recent years, however, thesernwetlands are degrading progressively due to natural and human factors. Farmland expansion, sandrnmining, mineral salt extraction, over use of water for irrigation and other developmentrnintervention like soda Ash factory are among the major threats of wetland management. The landrnuse/land cover change detection analysis of satellite images between 1973 and 2009 depicts thatrnthe wetland under the study is continually converted to other land uses: there is a continuousrnexpansion; for human settlement from 3.20%in the year 1973 to 25. 61%in 2009, and from 2 7.81%rnin the year 1973 to 44.54%in the year 2009 for croplands. Importantly, Acacia woodland andrnwetlands around the lake were also reduced from 37.98% in 1973 to 18.02% in 2009 and fromrn31.01% in 1973 to 11.83% in 2009 respectively. Despite, the high dependence of the local peoplernon Abijiata wetland resources for their livelihood; however, these resources are under continuousrnthreats. Managing the wetland on the basis of basin concepts and involving local people inrnalternative income generating activity has been suggested as a means of reducing pressure on landrnuse and also reducing the threat to Abijiata lake wetlands . Furthermore, the focal policy workingrnon wetlands promulgations of regulations to govern wetland uses, capacity building for monitoringrnand control of wetland use, integrated planning for water ,land ,forest resources utilization as wellrnas wetland change detection(the temporal and spatial variability of wetlands or LUILC changernanalysis)/monitoring seasonal changes, are recommended if possible.