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Create mounds or hollows: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Create mounds or hollows: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Create mounds or hollows: freshwater swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Create mounds or hollows: freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/saline swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/saline swamps Synopsis Link

Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 4 Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 1 Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/saline swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/saline swamps Synopsis Link

Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be ineffective or harmful 2 Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: freshwater swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Cut/mow herbaceous plants to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 6 Cut/mow herbaceous plants to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Cut/mow herbaceous plants to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 20 Cut/mow herbaceous plants to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: brackish/saline swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: brackish/saline swamps Synopsis Link

Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 1 Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: freshwater swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Cut/remove/thin forest plantations: freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: brackish/saline swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: brackish/saline swamps Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 6 Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: freshwater marshes

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: freshwater swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Deposit soil/sediment and introduce vegetation: freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of brackish/saline swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of brackish/saline swamps Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of brackish/salt marshes

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 4 Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of brackish/salt marshes Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of freshwater marshes

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 2 Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of freshwater marshes Synopsis Link

Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of freshwater swamps

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of freshwater swamps Synopsis Link

Design transportation or service corridors to maintain water flow

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Design transportation or service corridors to maintain water flow Synopsis Link
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Marsh and Swamp Conservation

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