By Margaret Mering What are the items? These maps show the Eastern Saline Wetlands areas of Lancaster and Saunders counties, Nebraska. The first map identifies the three categories of saline wetlands with Category 1 being of the highest quality. The aerial map identifies the names of the wetland areas. Caption: Saline Wetland Areas map produced by LPS Natural Resource District in 2003 showing locations around Lincoln, NE. ( https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/detail/UNL~126~126~14388~1516077 ) Caption: Saline Wetland Areas aerial image showing the names of the wetlands ( https://mediacommons.unl.edu/luna/servlet/detail/UNL~126~126~14454~1516211 ) What BTAA Library submitted the item? University of Nebraska Lincoln Interesting tidbits: The Eastern Saline Wetlands once covered an area of over 200,000 acres. Today, because of the drainages of Salt Creek, Little Salt Creek and Rock Creek and residential, commercial and agricultural development, the area is only around 4,000 acres (Li...
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