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OH 8. Mentor Marsh. Acreage: 500. O 



Location: Lake County; 0.5 mile S of Lake Erie and 28 miles NE of Cleveland. O 



Description: A Registered Natural Landmark. The site includes about 500 acres 

 of the entire 850 acre marsh, with distinctive marsh vegetation and swamp and 

 bottomland forests. The area provides important year-round habitat for birds 

 and mammals and serves as a migration stopover for birds in a heavily populated 

 region. 



Encroachments: Salt works; developments; sewage. 



Ownership: Natural Science Museum of Cleveland. 



Data source: NPS: TNC. 



