This project is a landscape scale wetland and grassland restoration project located in the prairiepothole region (PPR) of minnesota

This $980,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), supports a landscape-scale wetland and grassland restoration project in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota. The key products and services to be delivered include:

Restoring and rehabilitating 200 acres of wetland habitat and 200 acres of upland habitat by building resilient infrastructure, removing invasive species, and reseeding with native species. This work aims to combat invasive species, increase the resiliency and capacity of habitats and infrastructure to withstand climate-induced weather events, and reduce damage from such events. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, a U.S. state government entity, will implement this project on state-owned lands in the Prairie Pothole Region.

Conservation at this scale is critical for building climateadaptation and resiliency to ensure that current and future biodiversity remains intact. Naturebased solutions are regularly used to address climate and landscape land use alterationchallenges occurring in this part of the country related to water quality improvement, carbonsequestration, habitat loss and access to all for public lands recreational opportunities.funding from the inflation reduction act (IRA) will be used to fund projects on lands owned bythe minnesota department of natural resources (mndnr) within the PPR of minnesota tocombat invasive species, restore, and increase resiliency of habitats, and or build resilientinfrastructure, with a focus on nature-based solutions where possible. The following areplanned uses for the funding: (1) addressing the threat of invasive species (2) increasing theresiliency and capacity of habitats and infrastructure to withstand climate-induced weatherevents and (3) reducing the amount of damage caused by climate-induced weather events.project goals and objectivesrestore and rehabilitate 200 aces of wetland habitat, and 200 acres of upland habitat bybuilding resilient infrastructure, removing invasives species, and reseeding wetlands anduplands to native species.