In 2005, Ducks Unlimited (DU) completed over $1 million worth of
wetland restoration work in Montana on tracts of land enrolled
in the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP). The restoration projects
cover a total of 2,330 acres of wetland habitat making it one of
the largest engineering programs DU’s Great Plains Regional
Office worked on that year. Three of the restoration projects
were located in Flathead County, and one project each in Hill
County, Gallatin County and Lake County. These projects will
provide breeding and migration habitat to waterfowl within the
inter-mountain valleys of western Montana. DU delivers the
wetland restoration projects under a cooperative agreement with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture –Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS). Landowners with restorable wetlands
are eligible to enroll in the program. The land is secured by a
conservation easement, and NRCS pays for the wetland
restorations. DU provides the engineering and construction
management to deliver the restorations. NRC