Conservation interest: emergent marsh, open water.

{link:For conservation plan, click here|http://pa.audubon.org/IBA_Consplans/IBA71.pdf}

{link:For fact sheet, click here|http://pa.audubon.org/Sites/Site71.pdf}

Conservation Issues

Encroachment of urban and suburban development.

Habitat

Largest and most biologically diverse inland freshwater marsh in eastern Pennsylvania.

Land Use

The Edward Woolman Nature Preserve protects 943 acres of Great Marsh.