Pheasants forever, INC., will work cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and wildlife service in minnesota to assist in administering the partners for fish and wildlife program for the benefit of federal…

Pheasants Forever, Inc. will receive $240,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Under this award, Pheasants Forever will work cooperatively with the Service to administer the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program in Minnesota for the benefit of federal trust resources on privately owned land. Key products and services include restoring approximately 76 acres of wetlands and 542 acres of upland habitats in high priority areas identified in regional conservation plans. Funding will support habitat restoration projects on private land meeting Service policies that enhance grassland and wetland resources important to trust species. This award advances the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program's mission of providing technical and financial assistance to private landowners and tribes interested in voluntary conservation.

Pheasants forever, INC., will work cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and wildlife service in minnesota to assist in administering the partners for fish and wildlife program for the benefit of federal trust resources on private land owned or under easemnt by pheasants forever, INC. Or the service. The goals and objectives are to restore and enhance grassland and wetland resources in high priority areas as identified in the prairie pothole joint venture, minnesota prairie conservation plan, and the minnesota partners for fish and wildlife strategic plan focus areas, funds will be obligated and spent on habitat restoration projects on private land that meet FWS 640.1 partners for fish and wildlife program policies. Goals are to restore approximately 76 acres of wetland and 542 acres of uplands in high priority focus areas throughout minnesota.