Promote and implement Farm Bill conservation programs with private landowners within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of southeast Missouri, southwest Illinois, and western Kentucky to restore and enhance wetland habitat. Project will engage a minimum of 250 landowners, enroll 36 landowners in Farm Bill programs, and develop 30 new wetland plans to restore or enhance more than 2,300 acres of wetland habitat, benefitting swamp rabbit, waterfowl and songbirds including the Kentucky warbler.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Lower MS Alluvial Valley Fund
Project Title: Implementing Farm Bill Programs to Benefit Wetlands Along the Mississippi River (MO, IL, KY)
Organization:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
1907.22.074157
Description:
Award Amount:
$245690.00
Location:
Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky