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In response to concerns regarding the conservation and management of wetland biodiversity within the Lahontan Valley, The Nature Conservancy, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, initiated a study in May 1993 to inventory and classify the Lahontan Valley wetland vegetation. The primary objectives of the study were to: 1 identify and describe wetland plant associations that occur in the Lahontan Valley; 2 identify the relationships between wetland plant associations and environmental conditions; and 3 identify the range of wetland plant associations and environmental conditions that occur within wetland management areas, and compare them to those that occur outside the managed areas. Additionally, the results of this study could be used to validate and update the National Wetlands Inventory National List of Plant Species that occur in Wetlands for the Intermountain Region.