Ducks unlimited (DU) is requesting 99060 in natural resource damage assessment (nrda) funds to pair with 74500 in match to provide a resilient landscape by increasing food resource availability in…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $173,560 Project Grant under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Great Lakes / Atlantic Region Division. The purpose of the grant is to restore 35 acres of emergent marsh and submergent aquatic vegetation at historical waterfowl migration stopover sites in northeastern Wisconsin. This includes reestablishing native plants like wild rice and wild celery to improve food resource availability and habitat quality for waterfowl. The project will leverage $74,500 in matching funds from the grantee and involves a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Brothertown Indian Nation. This grant furthers the NRDAR program's goal of restoring natural resources and ecological services that have been damaged by environmental impacts.

Ducks unlimited (DU) is requesting 99060 in natural resource damage assessment (nrda) funds to pair with 74500 in match to provide a resilient landscape by increasing food resource availability in some of wisconsin traditional stopover sites that have suffered significant degradation. The goal of the project is to restore 35 acres of emergent marsh and submergent aquatic vegetation with an objective of improving waterfowl habitat through the introduction and reestablishment of high wildlife food value native plants. This project looks to restore wild rice and wild celery on historical major migration stop over sites in NE wisconsin at the wolf river delta on lake poygan in green BAY and priority private lands. These restorations continue the strong partnership between university of wisconsin (UW) green BAY wisconsin department of natural resources US fish and wildlife service and DU with an expansion into new opportunities coordinating the brothertown indian nation efforts on the winnebago pool lakes the inclusion of private landowners and expansion to UW stevens point.