Due to dam building and management of Urmia lake and the current policy on trying to divert all the water into the main lake which is very salty, the locals of periphery wetlands contrary to the scientists believe that revitalizing the sweet water periphery lakes need to be done prior to the main lake in order not to extend the salinity. Also, traditional conversion of land use has helped many of the wetland areas that are exposed to drying to disappear. Through this project the locals will develop a participatory map of the wetlands and will document them in a booklet.