Partners for Fish and Wildlife
The Partners
for Fish and Wildlife program, conducted since 1987 by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, restores important
fish and wildlife habitats on private lands. This program
has been successfully carried out through the cooperation
of landowners, who voluntarily offer drained wetlands and
degraded uplands for restoration. With this voluntary
arrangement, habitats are restored at no cost for
participating landowners who agree to protect their
restored wetlands and uplands for a minimum of 10 years.
The foundation
of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program focuses on
partnerships that are formed between the Service, private
landowners, state fish and wildlife agencies, local
agencies, communities, individuals and private
conservation organizations. This cooperation assists all
partners with achieving mutual conservation objectives.
Through
Partners for Fish and Wildlife outreach, the Service has
assumed a leadership role in the restoration of important
habitats for migratory birds, endangered species and
anadromous fish. For further information on this
important conservation program, contact Steve Kufrin in
the Branch of Private Lands, Great Lakes-Big Rivers
Regional Office, at 612-713-5447.
Fiscal
Year 2000 Highlights
Habitat
Restoration:
- Since
1987, the regional Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Program has restored over 21,500 wetland basins,
totaling about 87,000 acres
- Also,
8,304 acres of upland habitat were restored or
enhanced on 593 sites.
- 70 acres
of bottomland timber were restored on 11 sites
- Interest
in voluntary habitat restoration currently
exceeds available funding
Wetland
Restoration Summary (1987-2000)
Iowa
Wetlands restored: 1,202
Estimated acres: 6,884
Uplands restored: 177
Estimated acres: 1,487
Illinois
Wetlands restored: 283
Estimated acres: 3,985
Uplands restored: 25
Estimated acres: 363
Indiana
Wetlands restored: 1,025
Estimated acres: 5,550
Uplands restored: 162
Estimated acres: 1,248
Michigan
Wetlands restored: 1,405
Estimated acres: 5,640
Uplands restored: 91
Estimated acres: 562
Minnesota
Wetlands restored: 12,660
Estimated acres: 42,821
Uplands restored: 568
Estimated acres: 14,123
Missouri
Wetlands restored: 268
Estimated acres: 8,890
Uplands restored: 79
Estimated acres: 3,169
Ohio
Wetlands restored: 401
Estimated acres: 2,297
Uplands restored: 163
Estimated acres: 1,276
Wisconsin
Wetlands restored: 4,259
Estimated acres: 11,033
Uplands restored: 815
Estimated acres: 8,602
Total
Wetlands Restored: 21,503
Total Estimated Acres: 87,100
Uplands restored: 3,567 (doesn't include 1987-91
data)
Estimated acres: 79,014 (includes 1987-91 data)
Other
Restoration Programs
The Clean Water
Action Plan program restored 693 wetland acres on 47
sites, during FY 2000
- Almost 23
miles of riparian habitat were restored or
enhanced on 124 sections of stream banks
- Five
stream barriers were removed which allowed fish
passage to 2.8 miles of upstream habitat
The Fish
Habitat Restoration Program restored 1,400 wetland acres
on one site and 2.5 miles of riparian habitat on seven
sites
- Almost 15
miles of stream habitat were restored or enhanced
on 12 sections of stream
Challenge
Cost Share Program:
- Since
1988, 1,270 cooperative projects have been
cost-shared with a Service cost of $4.5 million
and cooperator cost of $11.6 million
- 1,100
wetland acres, 1,364 upland acres, 13 bottomland
forest acres, eight riparian and eight in-stream
acres were restored
Technical
Assistance
- USDA
programs received Service assistance on 199
Wetlands Reserve Program landowner applications.
These applications represented 17,438 acres and
were reviewed for program eligibility and natural
resource benefits
- 37 Farm
Service Agency inventory properties, totaling
4,797 acres, were inspected for natural resource
value and protection
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
Region
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