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Description: Undeveloped areas that maintain the pre-development hydrologic response of a subwatershed:

• Forest

• Meadow

• Prairie

• Wetland

• Crop

• Pasture

• Managed forest

Conservation Area: Hydrologic Reserve

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Hydrologic reserves are any undeveloped areas responsible for maintaining the predevelopment hydrologic response of a watershed. The three most common land uses are crops, forest, and pasture. From a hydrologic standpoint, forest is the most desirable land use followed by pasture, then crops.