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under easement agreements. Public hunting is allowed in regulated 

 seasons. In this category are some of the very large prime wetlands 

 of the Eastern Shore of the Bay (some 14,000 hectares on the shore of 

 four counties) . These areas are more isolated and less used than the 

 majority of the parks: most if not all of them can be considered 

 valuable potential natural areas. 



Other State, Regional and Local Lands . About 13,770 hectares of 

 land and water have been categorized as undeveloped land. The greater 

 part of this area, 10,630 hectares, consists of state and city reser- 

 voirs. Among the remainder are four tracts containing interesting 

 natural areas : 



Name 



Crownsville State Hospital 

 Eastern State Hospital 



Reservation 

 Salt Ponds and Northend Point 



Natural Preserve 

 Elko Tract 



Location 



Anne Arundel Co., Md. 

 James City Co. , Va. 



Hampton City, Va. 



Henrico Co. , Va. 



Hectares 



384 

 202 



303 



808 



1,697 



Private and Quasi-Public Properties . Privately protected lands, 

 conservation easements, and holdings by small conservation-minded 

 groups are not all compiled here. The Chesapeake Bay lands of the 

 Nature Conservancy and the Smithsonian Institution are plotted on map 1. 

 The Nature Conservancy's lands are well protected natural areas. Two 

 properties which might be considered as preserves because of their 

 prime natural value are: 



