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Illinois landowners can help wildlife
that need aquatic habitats in three significant ways:
- Create new marshes, swamps, ponds, ephemeral wetlands, and
other aquatic habitats.
- Protect and properly manage existing and newly created aquatic
habitats.
- Restore degraded wetlands.
If you have the opportunity to create new aquatic
habitat on your property, read the section
on creating new wetland habitat for general information on types
of habitats to establish, how to create optimal habitat, and where
to get design assistance. Every reader, whether you are creating
new habitat or maintaining or enhancing an existing wetland, should
read "Protecting and Managing Wetland Habitat". Everyone
should also read the upcoming section on management considerations.
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