Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will enhance a 234-acre impoundment and restore 25 acres of adjacent wetland habitat while creating a northern pike spawning marsh. Project will improve critical wetland habitat through water control management to benefit blue-winged teal, black tern, and priority fisheries in the Green Bay area.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Enhancing Wetland Habitat in Oconto Marsh (WI)
Organization:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.18.060293
Description:
Award Amount:
$210839.05
Location:
The Oconto Marsh Project is located in Oconto County, Wisconsin near the city of Oconto and within the Oconto Marsh Unit of the Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area. The project site lies 1,000 feet from Lake Michigan and the Oconto River.