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sibility for the decisions we have made but acknowl- 

 edge all suggestions including those not accepted. Sev- 

 eral meetings were crucial in formulating the present 

 classification and in modifying earlier drafts. We 

 thank those who attended the formative meeting at 

 Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, January 1975; The 

 National Wetland Classification and Inventory 

 Workshop at College Park, Maryland, July 1975; and 

 the review panels assembled at Sapelo Island, Georgia, 

 and at St. Petersburg, Florida. We also thank those 

 individuals and agencies who responded to distri- 

 bution of the operational draft. Special credit is due 

 the regional coordinators of the National Wetland 

 Inventory and P. B. Reed, who have furnished contin- 

 uing consultation on application of the system. Martel 

 Laboratories field-tested the system and furnished 

 specific criticisms. We were advised by J. Everett on 

 geomorphology, K. K. Young and O. Carter on soil 

 taxonomy, R. P. Novitzki on hydrology, and R. H. 

 Chabreck on coastal wetland ecology. M. L. Heinsel- 

 man and R. H. Hofstetter helped with difficult prob- 

 lems of peatland ecology and terminology. R. L. Kolo- 

 giski aided with botanical problems. J. H. Montanari, 

 W. O. Wilen, and the entire National Wetland Inven- 

 tory staff furnished encouragement and logistic 

 support. The staff of the Northern Prairie Wildlife Re- 

 search Center contributed substantially to completion 

 of the classification. Art work and graphics were pre- 

 pared by J. Rodiek, R. L. Duval, and C. S. Shaiffer. 

 J. H. Sather worked closely with us and served as 

 editor on previous drafts. 



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