PROJECTS

Project Portfolio

Explore water stewardship projects across the Mississippi River Basin addressing water quality, quantity, and access.

Portfolio (18)

ProjectSub-BasinLocationTypeImplementerStatusCostBenefits
Nuts About Dee's Berries Upper Mississippi Brodhead, Wisconsin 4 Netafim Accepting Funding $650,000 Water Quality
Sleepy Eye Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Project – Minnesota Upper Mississippi Sleepy Eye, Minnesota 8 BlueGreen Water Technologies Accepting Funding $1,500,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Flyway Forests Wetlands Lower Mississippi Memphis, Tennessee 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $4,600,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Bald Cypress Reforestation & Water Quality Trading Credits – Coastal Louisiana Lower Mississippi New Orleans, Louisiana 16 Restore the Earth Foundation Accepting Funding Volumetric, Water Quality
Rice Stewardship Partnership Lower Mississippi Mississippi County, Arkansas 4 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $20,000,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
AgriCapture Louisiana Rice Water Stewardship Project Lower Mississippi St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana 6 AgriCapture Accepting Funding $1,600,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Wetland Restoration: Meeman Shelby and Eagle Lake Refuge Lower Mississippi Millington, Tennessee 8 Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee Accepting Funding $765,000 Volumetric
Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) Missouri River Basin Ida County, Iowa 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Volumetric, Water Quality
Preserve Our Prairies Initiative – General Program Missouri River Basin McPherson County, South Dakota 35 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $40,000,000
Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) – Reed Farm, IA Missouri River Basin Arnolds Park, Iowa 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $358,000 Volumetric
Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) – Black Rock Farms Missouri River Basin Middletown Township, Minnesota 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $869,000
Kansas WRAPS Program Missouri River Basin Topeka, Kansas 35 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Water Quality
Stanford Wetland, Kansas Missouri River Basin Concordia, Kansas 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Water Quality
Gardner Wetland, Kansas Missouri River Basin Jefferson County, Kansas 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Water Quality
REForest Arkansas Arkansas-White River Basin Little Rock, Arkansas 16 Restore the Earth Foundation Accepting Funding $32,000,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Arkansas River Watershed Restoration and Phreatophyte Removal, Kansas Arkansas-White River Basin Rice County, Kansas 8 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Volumetric, Water Quality
Watershed Project – City of Altheimer Arkansas-White River Basin Altheimer, Arkansas 12 Arkansas Black Mayors Association Accepting Funding $5,500,000 Volumetric
Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Greenup County, Kentucky 24 Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding Volumetric, Water Quality

Nuts About Dee's Berries

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationBrodhead, Wisconsin
Type4
ImplementerNetafim
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$650,000
BenefitsWater Quality

Sleepy Eye Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Project – Minnesota

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationSleepy Eye, Minnesota
Type8
ImplementerBlueGreen Water Technologies
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$1,500,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Flyway Forests Wetlands

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationMemphis, Tennessee
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$4,600,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Bald Cypress Reforestation & Water Quality Trading Credits – Coastal Louisiana

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
Type16
ImplementerRestore the Earth Foundation
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Rice Stewardship Partnership

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationMississippi County, Arkansas
Type4
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$20,000,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

AgriCapture Louisiana Rice Water Stewardship Project

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationSt. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Type6
ImplementerAgriCapture
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$1,600,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Wetland Restoration: Meeman Shelby and Eagle Lake Refuge

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationMillington, Tennessee
Type8
ImplementerLower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$765,000
BenefitsVolumetric

Living Lakes Initiative (LLI)

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationIda County, Iowa
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Preserve Our Prairies Initiative – General Program

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationMcPherson County, South Dakota
Type35
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$40,000,000
Benefits

Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) – Reed Farm, IA

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationArnolds Park, Iowa
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$358,000
BenefitsVolumetric

Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) – Black Rock Farms

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationMiddletown Township, Minnesota
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$869,000
Benefits

Kansas WRAPS Program

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationTopeka, Kansas
Type35
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsWater Quality

Stanford Wetland, Kansas

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationConcordia, Kansas
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsWater Quality

Gardner Wetland, Kansas

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationJefferson County, Kansas
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsWater Quality

REForest Arkansas

Sub-BasinArkansas-White River Basin
LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
Type16
ImplementerRestore the Earth Foundation
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$32,000,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Arkansas River Watershed Restoration and Phreatophyte Removal, Kansas

Sub-BasinArkansas-White River Basin
LocationRice County, Kansas
Type8
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Watershed Project – City of Altheimer

Sub-BasinArkansas-White River Basin
LocationAltheimer, Arkansas
Type12
ImplementerArkansas Black Mayors Association
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$5,500,000
BenefitsVolumetric

Big Rivers Initiative (BRI)

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationGreenup County, Kentucky
Type24
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality