NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Lower MS Alluvial Valley Fund
Project Title: Monitoring Waterfowl Response to Wetland Restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (AR, LA, MS)
Organization:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
1907.21.071360
Description:

Monitor waterfowl response to forest and shallow water wetland restoration on Wetland Reserve Easement sites within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley region of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Project will deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to investigate their utility to monitor waterfowl use of restored wetlands and use imagery analysis and machine learning to establish efficient and effective protocols to derive duck counts and general use behaviors at a project level scale.

Award Amount:
$195000.00
Location:
Wetland Reserve Easement program sites and State wildlife management areas within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.