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available concerning the region. Our efforts have shown that in areas 

 similarly endowed with published data, this kind of survey can be an 

 effective means of making a rapid and inexpensive evaluation of natural 

 areas. There are, of course, gaps in the available information — and 

 some of them are pointed out in the pages that follow — but the region 

 is blessed with much data and many individuals and organizations with 

 considerable knowledge. 



In the course of the survey, the Center for Natural Areas 

 received invaluable data from the groups and organizations listed in 

 Table 1. 



Table 1. AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED IN THE SURVEY 



PRIVATE 



American Fisheries Society 



American Shore and Beach Preservation Society 



Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc. 



Audubon Society of Southern Maryland 



Canoe Cruisers Association 



Central Atlantic Environment Service 



Chesapeake Bay Foundation 



Citizens Committee on the Chesapeake Bay 



Conservation Council of Virginia 



Conservation Foundation, The 



Federated Garden Clubs of Virginia 



Garden Club of Virginia, The 



Izaak Walton League (local chapters) 



Junior League (local chapters) 



Kent Conservation, Inc. 



League of Women Voters (state chapters) 



Maryland Environmental Trust 



Maryland Wetlands Committee 



Maryland Wildlands Committee 



National Campers and Hikers Association 



National Wildlife Federation (state chapters) 



