A Report from the field in three wetlands namely Sarsai Nawar, Sauj and Gaad using questionnaire survey and verification of land survey records. This assessment was carried out post the Allahabad High Court order which put a stop to the implementation of Usar Sudhar Nigam, a government scheme which would have proven detrimental to Sarus Crane habitats in these wetlands by eventually draining them. The High Court Order was one of our early conservation successes. Read on to know what this early assessment recommended for the conservation of these wetlands.