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<br />\vctm""dows an,d fens (bog,like ateas), can
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<br />,,:wetlands; these small depressions; ponds and lakes provide. ,
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<br />habitat for over half o'f Ihe, W:lte~fowl in North A~,erica, ,
<br />'Ir~airii:w~iial~ds r~ngein si,e fr~m,Ici.s,lhan on~ acre to
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<br />URBAN WETLANDS
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<br />Urbanwerland;' an: rapidly disapPearing fmn:i 3round
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