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£ VT 6. Keileys Marsh. Acreage: About 1000. 



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2 Location: Washington County, N.Y., and Rutland County, Vt.; Whitehall, N.Y.- 



CC Vt. 7.5' Quadrangle; 4 miles N of Whitehall, N.Y., in the narrows between 



> South Bay and the main body of Lake Champlain. 



Description: Marshlands dominated by river bulrush lie on both sides of the 

 dredged channel. Wild rice, hardstem bulrush, pickerel weed, arrowhead, and 

 green water arum grow. Submersed aquatics include pond weeds, eelgrass, 

 waterweed, bladderwort, and water milfoil. 



Encroachments: Channel dredging; trampling by cattle from bordering pastures. 

 Water chestnut used to occur, but has largely been eliminated. 



Ownership: Private. 



Data source: H. W. Vogelmann, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 05401. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Robert Fuller, Department of Forestry, Universi- 

 ty of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 05401 . 



