NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Conservation Partners

Project Title: Accelerating Use of Constructed Wetlands as a Nutrient-Removal Solution in Agricultural Watersheds (IL)

Organization:

The Wetlands Initiative

Project ID:

2004.16.054565

Award Amount:

$120001.99

Location:

Initially focused in the Big Bureau Creek subwatershed in north-central Illinois, which includes portions of Bureau, Lee, and LaSalle Counties. The project is anticipated to expand to the Vermilion-Illinois River Watershed (centered on Livingston County) and to at least one other Illinois watershed.