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cent per year. 



A resurvey in 1959 led to the publication of a second "Wetlands of 

 Connecticut, Revised June 1959". At that time these areas had 

 been further reduced to about 20.2 square miles - 12,937 acres. 

 This reduction averaged about 190 acres per year, slightly less 

 than 1.4 per cent a year, 6.3 per cent for the five year oeriod. 

 Hence, while the actual acreage lost during this period is less 

 than in similar periods, earlier, the percentage lost each year 

 is increasing. A second resurvey in 1964 shows a further re- 

 duction to about 18.6 square miles - 11,900 acres for the areas of 

 the 1914 survey. This reduction averaged about 200 acres per year, 

 1.6 per cent per year of the 1959 acreage, 7.9 per cent reduction 

 in acreage over the 5 year period. Both percentage-wise and in 

 actual acreage lost the 1959-1964 neriod is hiciher than was 

 1954-1959. 



The data in the Wetlands publications are not directly comparable 

 to those given above, since some upriver tidal marshes are grouped 

 with the saline marshes. These are, in some cases, somewhat less 

 vulnerable to destruction. 



About 20,500 acres of tidal marsh in the State were rated for their 

 value to wildlife in 1954. The high and moderate value acreage 

 totalled about 13,000 acres, about 63 per cent of the area. The 

 resurvey in 1959 showed a reduction of more than 1,300 acres, 



