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possible of these valuable habitats be preserved. The U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service has been making a notable contribution in preserving 



> and rehabilitating wetland habitat of particular value to waterfowl. 



q Hopefully, the Natural Landmark Program of the National Park Ser- 



vice will expedite preservation through action in the private sector. 



The inventory itself is arranged alphabetically by states. A general 

 description of the wetland types, nature of encroachments, sources of 

 data, and recommendations is followed by descriptions of specific 

 areas on which we have been able to obtain information. Most of the 

 data on these areas are based upon reports sent in by a large number 

 of respondents who have been identified in each case. We would like 

 to thank all these persons for their generous cooperation. The above 

 information has been supplemented by published reports and some site 

 visits by the authors. However, the magnitude of the project has 

 precluded exhaustive literature search or thorough coverage where 

 responses have been inadequate. 



The authors would like to thank the personnel of the National Park 

 Service in the Division of Special Planning Studies for providing the 

 USGS topographic maps used in this report and Ellen Nelson Raynolds 

 for her painstaking work on the manuscript. 



