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Thompson Pond, partly owned by The Nature Conservancy, is an excellent 

 example of a marsh around an undisturbed shallow lake. Big Reed Pond, ad- 

 jacent to Montauk State Park, is a marsh under maritime influence. It is in 

 private hands. It should be preserved and might then qualify for registration. O 



The marshes that have developed in bays around Lake Ontario are extensive 2J 



and of high quality. The Lakeview Marsh complex and the Dexter Marsh are 

 more remote from urban centers and, hence, somewhat less modified by en- 

 croachment than the Braddock Bay State Park marshes. They are probably all 

 worthy of consideration as landmarks in the order listed. One of the finest cat- 

 tail marshes in the state is at the south end of Seneca Lake. It is vulnerable to 

 encroachment. The Montezuma Marshes on the Seneca River, 6820 acres of 

 which are in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, include vast stands of 

 cattails and some old growth of bottomland timber, 100 acres of which have 

 been set aside as the Swamp Woods Natural Area. There is no question that this 

 wetlands complex is outstanding. 



