At-Risk Prairie Pothole Conservation
Implementing Organization
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$1,019,700
Known Leveraged Funding
$1,066,636
Funding Organization
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Funding Program
North American Wetlands Conservation Act NAWCA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Land Acquisition/Protection
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
The North Dakota At-risk Prairie Pothole Conservation project is designed to protect small shallow wetlands in an agriculturally dominant landscape that are critical for breeding duck pairs and duck broods while restoring and enhancing available native grasslands that provide nesting cover for female ducks. The project area lies in the heart of the prairie pothole region (PPR) and the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV). The targeted counties occur within the Missouri Coteau and Drift Prairie regions where wetland densities are some of the highest in North America, unprecedented land-use change is occurring, and available funding sources are becoming more limited. Ducks Unlimited and its partners along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) are proposing to use $1,019,000 in grant funds and $1,066,636 in match funds to acquire critical wetland easements in perpetuity and maintain grassland habitat through short-term programs to conserve 4,680 acres of prairie pothole habitat for migratory birds.
Contact
Jonas DavisNone
jdavis@ducks.org
Project Website
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust, Private Contributors
Prairie Potholes