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Wetlands included in the approximately 40 State Natural Heritage 



or Heritage Trust Program inventories or priority lists. 

 Wetlands listed by The Nature Conservancy and its State chapters. 

 Wetlands identified as important by State fish and wildlife 

 agencies. 



Wetlands identified in Bureau of Land Management planning 

 documents as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. 

 Wetlands identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service. (Refer to 

 Alexander et al., 1986 and Lindall and Thayer, 1982 in the 

 References section.) 



Wetlands identified in U.S. Forest Service Forest Plans. 

 Wetland areas identified in federally approved State Coastal Zone 

 Management Plans. 



Important wetland areas situated downstream from, and vulnerable 

 to, hazardous waste sites on EPA's National Priority List. 

 Wetlands of special significance listed under State wetlands 

 protection programs, (e.g.. New York State's Freshwater Wetlands 

 Classification System). 



Wetlands identified in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Concept 

 Plans for Waterfowl Habitat Preservation." 



Wetland areas identified in the North American Waterfowl 

 Management Plan. 



Wetlands identified as being important to a federally listed 

 threatened or endangered species in the Endangered Species 

 Information System (ESIS) maintained by the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. (For further information, contact the appropriate 

 Service Regional Office - see list at end of this section). 

 Wetlands listed under State Critical Area Programs, e.g., 

 Massachusetts' Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Mary- 

 land's Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Program, Maine's Critical 

 Area Program. 



Wetlands included in the Department of the Interior's 1979 National 

 Wild and Scenic Rivers Inventory. (For further information, 

 contact the NPS at (202) 343-3761). 



Wetlands included as scenic rivers within approximately 30 State 

 Wild and Scenic Rivers Programs. (For further information 

 contact the Association of State River Planners, Department of 

 Environmental Conservation, N.Y. State at (518) 457-7433). 

 Wetlands identified as important by State Reclamation 

 Commission Water Resource Divisions. 



Wetlands identified as important by U.S. Fishery or River Basin 

 Commissions, (e.g., the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 



National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan 



