Kansas Prairie Wetlands
Implementing Organization
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$1,000,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$2,556,610
Funding Organization
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Funding Program
North American Wetlands Conservation Act NAWCA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Species Restoration
Targeted Resources
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
This project will protect, restore, and enhance 10,772 acres of wetlands that provide a critical link between breeding areas in the Prairie Pothole region, migratory stopover areas in the Rainwater Basin, and wintering habitats along the Gulf Coast in Texas. The grantee will restore structures to manage water flows, conserving wetlands, grasslands, riparian areas, and woodlands. This will increase available habitat for waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, songbirds, and raptors, including threatened species such as Whooping Crane, Least Tern, and Piping Plover.
Contact
Angeline WrightNone
awright@duks.org
Project Website
The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Board of Trustees, Kansas Department of Wildlife, George Stumps Trust, Neosho County, Kansas Alliance of Wetlands and Streams, National Wild Turkey Federation, Kansas Wildlife Federation, Barton
Acquisitions may not yet been finalized, so purchased acres amount is the expected purchased acres.