DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT IS TO ASSESS THE LARGE WETLANDS ESTABLISHED ALONG THE SHORELINES OF A SUBSET OF LARGE FEDERAL RESERVOIRS LOCATED IN KANSAS. ACTIVITIES: THE PROJECT INCLUDES IDENTIFYING WETLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR RESERVOIRS AND IMPOUNDMENTS, SELECTING A SUBSET FOR FIELD EVALUATION, CREATING A FIELD DATABASE AND ANALYZING THE DATA. OUTCOMES: THE OUTPUTS ARE A SHORELINE WETLAND INVENTORY FOR THE STUDY RESERVOIRS, A MAP OF NON-SHORELINE POTENTIAL WETLAND AREAS WITHIN THE FLOOD POOLS OF THE STUDY RESERVOIRS, LAKE INUNDATION FREQUENCY OF THE MAPPED WETLANDS, AND WATER QUALITY INFORMATION FOR THE RESERVOIRS AND ASSOCIATED WETLANDS. THE OUTCOMES ARE INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF WETLAND WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITY, BIOLOGICAL CONDITION, AND RETENTION TIME ON THE REST OF THE RESERVOIR WATER BODY, INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF IMPACTS OF WIND AND WATER FLUCTUATION ON WETLAND FUNCTIONING, AND ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE BASE ABOUT KANSAS' WETLAND SYSTEMS. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE THE RECIPIENT AS WELL AS THE STATE OF KANSAS. SUBRECIPIENT: THEY WILL WORK ON THE FOLLOWING GOALS: IDENTIFY AND INVENTORY WETLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR RESERVOIRS AND IMPOUNDMENTS IN KANSAS, EXAMINE WIND AND WATER DATA FOR THOSE RESERVOIRS, AND DO FIELD SAMPLING OF SITES.