Maryland

Original Wetlands Survey Circa 1780:     1,650,000 acres

1954:                                                      290,000

National Wetlands Inventory, mid-1980's     440,000

Change (percent) -73

National Wildlife Refuges

Blackwater NWR

2145 Key Wallace Dr.

Cambridge, MD 21613-9536

Eastern Neck NWR

1730 Eastern Neck Rd.

Rock Hall, MD 21661-1815

Patuxent NWR

11400 American Holly Dr.

Laurel, MD 20708-4014