WETLAND RESTORATION & ENHANCEMENT

Project Name	County/Region
Bengel Wetland Restoration **	Jackson
Kawkawlin Creek Flooding **	Midland
Shiawassee State Game Area Marsh Improvement **	Saginaw
Milli-Ander Wetland Restoration **	Gratiot
Maple River State Game Area Water Control **	Gratiot
Allegan State Game Area Flooding *	Allegan
Borculo State Game Area Nesting Ponds	Ottawa
Houghton Lake Flats Restoration **	Roscommon
Muskegon State Game Area Wetland Restoration *	Muskegon
Green Flooding Marsh Restoration *	Montcalm
Humony Dam Marsh Restoration *	Montcalm
Lapeer State Game Area Marsh Restoration *	Lapeer
Nayanguing Point Tilling	Bay
Fenville Pond Construction	Allegan
Dansville State Game Area Marsh Improvement *	Ingham
Horton Dam Wetland Restoration *	Jackson
Maissou Island Wetland Improvement	Huron
Pte. Mouillee Wetland Improvements **	Monroe
Livingston County Farm Wetland Demonstration **	Livingston
Olga Lake Wetland Restoration **	Lake
Sprinkler Lake Wetland Restoration *	Alcona
McGillis Creek Wetland Restoration *	Alcona
Mitchell Creek Wetland Restoration	Wexford
Foote Wetland Restoration *	Alcona
Wetland Educational Signs	Northern MI
Long Lake Wetland Improvement *	Lapeer
Prior Road Marsh Improvement **	Saginaw
Sturgeon River Sloughs Habitat Restoration **	Houghton
Wahl Road Marsh Restorations **	Saginaw
Crow Island Marsh Improvement *	Saginaw
Elmhirst Creek Wetland Restoration *	Mackinac
Featherbed Wetland Restoration **	Mecosta
Pickeral Creek Wetland Restoration **	Mecosta
Whiting-Muscott Marsh Restoration *	Monroe
Loon Nesting Platforms	Northern MI
Moot Ranch Wetland Improvement	Newaygo
Rose Lake Flooding Restoration *	Shiawassee
Muskegon Right-Of-Way Nesting Boxes	Muskegon
Riegle Wetland Restoration	Alcona
Hayes Wetland Restoration *	Alcona
Wildlife Along County Drains Program	Statewide
Outlaw Wetland Restoration	Alcona
Big Gulch Wetland Restoration	Alcona
Otter Wetland Restoration	Alcona
Walkinshaw Wetland Restoration Technical Assistance	Oceana
Cattail Wetland/Caddo Complex Wetland Improvement	Alcona
Oscoda County Wetland Enhancements *	Oscoda
Priggooris Lake Restoration *	Clinton
Clark's Marsh Enhancement *	Alcona
Little Trout Lake Wetland Restoration	Alcona
Eagle Run Duck Pond Wetland Restoration	Iosco

MICHIGAN PRIVATE WETLANDS PROGRAM AND WILDLIFE ALONG COUNTY DRAINS PROGRAM - WETLAND RESTORATIONS

Number of Basins	Number of Properties	Number of Counties
407	205	38

HOW THE MICHIGAN PRIVATE WETLANDS PROGRAM WORKS

• Any property owner is eligible to participate in the program, and participants are not required to allow public access or give up any property rights. Many participants find out about the program through contacts with federal personnel administering the Food Security Act (Farm Bill) efforts like the Conservation Reserve Program, which encourages landowners to remove certain lands from crop production. But non-farmers can also get help from the project.

• In most cases, participating landowners get the work done at a minimal cost, with the Foundation paying all costs over a certain amount. The landowner is asked to sign a 10-year agreement which states that installed water control devices or earthen ditch plugs will not be removed by the property owner during the period of the agreement.

• Feasibility tests for use of "Cookie Cutter" machine for creating openings in marshes.
• Development of a special hand-held pump for cleaning sand traps in streams.
• Feasibility tests for use of predator exclusion fences in waterfowl nesting meadows.

• Funded study of genetics-related issues in Michigan turkey management.
• Conducted study of wetland management potential on lands owned by Mead Paper Company (675,000 acres) in Upper Peninsula.
• Assisted with development of master plan for the Drayton Plains Nature Center (Pontiac).
• Conducted feasibility analyses for numerous lake cleanup, flooding, and pond construction projects.
• Conducted study of sharp-tailed grouse populations and habitats throughout northern Michigan.
• Conducted baseline research to prove existence of a Michigan cougar population.