SAVE OUR WETLANDS 



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Our wetlands are varied. In many forms they 

 have great value to many people. Efforts of 

 conservation agencies to purchase and manage 

 wetlands ciinnot alone do the job of preservmg 

 them : most wetlands must remain in private own- 

 ership «.s a tni-ft. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and AVildlife, in programs coordinated with other 

 wildlife agencies, seeks to preserve by public 

 ownership or control a nucleus of some of the best 

 remaining wetlands. It also seeks to encourage 

 preservation of those wetlands still in private 

 ownership. 



The importance of presei'ving the larger 

 marshes and wildlife concentration areas is obvi- 

 ous to most of us. However, the national 

 significance of small prairie potholes in the north- 

 ern plains is more difficult to appreciate. This 

 circular explains why all of tlie programs to 

 preserve wetlands are important and warrant your 

 support. 



A RESOURCE WORTH PRESERVING 



Tlie Department of the Interior, created in 1849, is our Nation's De- 

 l)aitineiit of Natwnil Resources, concerned with management, conserva- 

 tion, and development of water, wildlife, fish, mineral, forest, and park 

 and recreational resources. It also has nuijor responsibilities for Indian 

 and Territorial affairs. 



A.S America's principal conservation agency, tlic Department works to 

 assure that nonrenewable resources are developed and used wisely, that 

 jiark and recreational resources are conserved for the future, and that 

 renewable resources make their full contribution to the progre.ss, pros- 

 perity, and security of the Fnited States, now and in the future. 



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