FOREWORD 



This User Manual and the electronic database WETLANDS for which the 

 manual was written were produced by The Center for the Environment 

 and Natural Resources of The Council of State Governments. Carl W. 

 Stenberg Is the Executive Director of The Council of State 

 Governments . 



The author of this user manual is R. Steven Brown, Director, Center 

 for the Environment and Natural Resources, The Council of State 

 Governments, Iiexlngton, KentucJcy. 



The author of the Data Definition Lauiguage for WETLANDS is Brian 

 Latonzea . 



Support for this project was provided by the United States 

 Environmental Protection Agency through its Office of Wetlands 

 Protection under Contract X-814720-01-0. 



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