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Preface The Wetland Creation/Restoration (WCR) data base was developed to compile information concerning the creation and restoration of wetlands and to provide a state-of-the-knowledge resource based on the published literature. This report provides a hard copy of the bibliographic material contained in the digital WRC data base for individuals that do not have access to or training in microcomputer use. The estimated annual loss of wetlands between the mid-1950's and mid-1970's averaged 458,000 acres (Tiner 1984). Wetlands continue to be lost or degraded in spite of recent wetland protection regulations and policies. Recently, the President of the United States incorporated the goal of "no net loss of wetlands" into his Protecting the Environment agenda and recommended a redirection or expansion of Federal research and development programs directed towards effective wetland creation, restoration, and maintenance. This report and the companion data base (Schneller-McDonald et al. 1988) provide an essential starting point by compiling the published technical and semitechnical literature into highly indexed, coded, and annotated records to aid researchers, regulators, developers, policy makers, and the public in understanding the breadth and extent. of current knowledge on this subject. We attempted to focus on literature dealing with restoration and creation of wetland functions, primarily through case studies, and on literature dealing with the evaluation of restoration or creation success. We intend to update and maintain this specialized data base as the science of wetland functional restoration and creation emerges. The WCR data base comprises 1,100 records, each representing one article, report, or other publication. Sources were initially taken from the Society of Wetland Scientists' publication Wetlands (Wolf et al. 1986), which listed 304 items. In addition, we used conference and symposium proceedings, government reports, Current Contents, and several data bases, including BIOSIS, AGRICOLA, and ENVIROLINE (available on-line from Lockheed DIALOG). Bibliographies and references from these initial sources provided additional materials for inclusion in the data base. The majority of these sources are from published literature; several were in press at the time of data entry, and a few were available only as preliminary unpublished reports. Common knowledge suggests that much information is contained in unpublished reports and documents; however, if original source information is not published or otherwise accessible, it is essentially unavailable for use as a guide to actual wetland creation and restoration efforts. We hope more of this information will be published in the future. The WCR data base is available for use in a computer data base management system as described in Appendix A. Questions about the WCR data base should be addressed to: Karen Schneller-McDonald U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Research Center 4512 McMurray Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 303-226-9390; ITS 323-5390 iii %#