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Wetlands

Core Elements of Effective State and Tribal Wetland Programs

This document describes each core program element and provides a more comprehensive menu of program building activities than EPA has summarized in the past.

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Core Elements of Effective State and Tribal Wetland Programs (PDF)(42 pp, 353 K)