The service hereby incorporates the recipient's application submitted to and approved by the service into these award terms and conditions.funds under this award will permanently protect 345ACRES…

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Ducks Unlimited Inc.'s Great Plains Regional Office $3.54 million under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund grant program to permanently protect 345 acres of land through conservation easements, protect an additional 81 acres through fee title acquisition, enhance over 5,000 acres, and restore over 250 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in the Platte River watershed in Nebraska. The project aims to protect, enhance, and restore nearly 6,000 total acres of habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife through land and wetland conservation activities. Work will be completed by March 2026 under this April 2022 award made by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program.

The service hereby incorporates the recipient's application submitted to and approved by the service into these award terms and conditions.funds under this award will permanently protect 345ACRES through conservation easement acquisition, 81 acres through fee title acquistion, ENHANCE5,211ACRES, and restore 259ACRES of wetlands and associated uplands inthe platte river watershed in nebraska. The purpose of this award is to protect, enhance, and restore 5,896TOTAL acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife in nebraska.