PROJECTS

Project Portfolio

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

Portfolio (33)

ProjectSub-BasinLocationTypeImplementerStatusCostBenefits
Nuts About Dee's Berries Upper Mississippi Brodhead, Wisconsin Agricultural – Field Management Netafim Funding Closed $650,000 Water Quality
Sleepy Eye Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Project – Minnesota Upper Mississippi Sleepy Eye, Minnesota Wetland Enhancement BlueGreen Water Technologies Accepting Funding $1,500,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
PepsiCo Supplier Flexible Sustainable Sourcing and Climate Smart Project Upper Mississippi Oskaloosa, Iowa Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
PepsiCo Clinton IA Sustainable Sourcing and Climate Smart Project Upper Mississippi Clinton, Iowa Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
PepsiCo and Unilever Small Grains Upper Mississippi Burlington, Iowa Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ADM & PepsiCo Illinois Wheat Project Upper Mississippi Rockford, Illinois Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
PepsiCo Iowa Sustainable Sourcing for High Fructose Corn Supply Chain and Climate Smart Project Upper Mississippi Adair, Iowa Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Landscape Project Upper Mississippi Carroll County, Illinois Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ADM and PepsiCo Clinton Cover Crops Upper Mississippi Clinton, Iowa Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
Flyway Forests Wetlands Lower Mississippi Memphis, Tennessee Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $4,600,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Bald Cypress Reforestation & Water Quality Trading Credits – Coastal Louisiana Lower Mississippi New Orleans, Louisiana Land Conservation and Restoration Restore the Earth Foundation Accepting Funding — Volumetric, Water Quality
Rice Stewardship Partnership Lower Mississippi Mississippi County, Arkansas Agricultural – Field Management Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $20,000,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
AgriCapture Louisiana Rice Water Stewardship Project Lower Mississippi St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana Agricultural – Water Demand Reduction AgriCapture Accepting Funding $1,600,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Kentucky Project Lower Mississippi Graves County, Kentucky Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) Missouri River Basin Ida County, Iowa Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Volumetric, Water Quality
Preserve Our Prairies Initiative – General Program Missouri River Basin McPherson County, South Dakota Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $40,000,000 —
Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) – Reed Farm, IA Missouri River Basin Arnolds Park, Iowa Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $358,000 Volumetric
Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) – Black Rock Farms Missouri River Basin Middletown Township, Minnesota Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding $869,000 —
PepsiCo Nebraska Sustainable Sourcing for High Fructose Corn Supply Chain and Climate Smart Project Missouri River Basin Blair, Nebraska Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
Nebraska Corn Soil Health Project Missouri River Basin Blair, Nebraska Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
Kansas WRAPS Program Missouri River Basin Topeka, Kansas Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Water Quality
Stanford Wetland, Kansas Missouri River Basin Concordia, Kansas Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Water Quality
Gardner Wetland, Kansas Missouri River Basin Jefferson County, Kansas Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Water Quality
LifeLine Foods and PepsiCo Missouri Corn Climate Smart Project Missouri River Basin Saint Joseph, Missouri Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Nebraska Project Missouri River Basin Dawson County, Nebraska Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
REForest Arkansas Arkansas-White River Basin Little Rock, Arkansas Land Conservation and Restoration Restore the Earth Foundation Accepting Funding $32,000,000 Volumetric, Water Quality
Ogallala Aquifer Invasive Species Removal – Stafford County, Kansas Arkansas-White River Basin Stafford, Kansas Wetland Enhancement Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Volumetric, Water Quality
Watershed Project – City of Altheimer Arkansas-White River Basin Altheimer, Arkansas Floodplain Restoration Arkansas Black Mayors Association Accepting Funding $5,500,000 Volumetric
Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Greenup County, Kentucky Wetland Restoration and Creation Ducks Unlimited Accepting Funding — Volumetric, Water Quality
Ohio Corporate Water Grant Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Columbus, Ohio Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) The Nature Conservancy Accepting Funding $2,625,000 Volumetric
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Decatur Project Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Champaign, Illinois Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Danville Project Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Champaign, Illinois Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —
ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo FritoLay Project Ohio-Tennessee River Basin Champaign, Illinois Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) PepsiCo Accepting Funding — —

Nuts About Dee's Berries

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationBrodhead, Wisconsin
TypeAgricultural – Field Management
ImplementerNetafim
StatusFunding Closed
Cost$650,000
BenefitsWater Quality

Sleepy Eye Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Project – Minnesota

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

PepsiCo Supplier Flexible Sustainable Sourcing and Climate Smart Project

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationOskaloosa, Iowa
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

PepsiCo Clinton IA Sustainable Sourcing and Climate Smart Project

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationClinton, Iowa
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

PepsiCo and Unilever Small Grains

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationBurlington, Iowa
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ADM & PepsiCo Illinois Wheat Project

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationRockford, Illinois
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

PepsiCo Iowa Sustainable Sourcing for High Fructose Corn Supply Chain and Climate Smart Project

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationAdair, Iowa
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Landscape Project

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationCarroll County, Illinois
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ADM and PepsiCo Clinton Cover Crops

Sub-BasinUpper Mississippi
LocationClinton, Iowa
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

Flyway Forests Wetlands

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationMemphis, Tennessee
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
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
TypeLand Conservation and Restoration
ImplementerRestore the Earth Foundation
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Rice Stewardship Partnership

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationMississippi County, Arkansas
TypeAgricultural – Field Management
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
TypeAgricultural – Water Demand Reduction
ImplementerAgriCapture
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$1,600,000
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Kentucky Project

Sub-BasinLower Mississippi
LocationGraves County, Kentucky
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

Living Lakes Initiative (LLI)

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationIda County, Iowa
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Preserve Our Prairies Initiative – General Program

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationMcPherson County, South Dakota
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$40,000,000
Benefits—

Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) – Reed Farm, IA

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationArnolds Park, Iowa
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$358,000
BenefitsVolumetric

Living Lakes Initiative (LLI) – Black Rock Farms

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationMiddletown Township, Minnesota
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$869,000
Benefits—

PepsiCo Nebraska Sustainable Sourcing for High Fructose Corn Supply Chain and Climate Smart Project

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationBlair, Nebraska
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

Nebraska Corn Soil Health Project

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationBlair, Nebraska
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

Kansas WRAPS Program

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationTopeka, Kansas
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsWater Quality

Stanford Wetland, Kansas

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationConcordia, Kansas
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsWater Quality

Gardner Wetland, Kansas

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationJefferson County, Kansas
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsWater Quality

LifeLine Foods and PepsiCo Missouri Corn Climate Smart Project

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationSaint Joseph, Missouri
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Nebraska Project

Sub-BasinMissouri River Basin
LocationDawson County, Nebraska
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

REForest Arkansas

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

Ogallala Aquifer Invasive Species Removal – Stafford County, Kansas

Sub-BasinArkansas-White River Basin
LocationStafford, Kansas
TypeWetland Enhancement
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Watershed Project – City of Altheimer

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

Big Rivers Initiative (BRI)

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationGreenup County, Kentucky
TypeWetland Restoration and Creation
ImplementerDucks Unlimited
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
BenefitsVolumetric, Water Quality

Ohio Corporate Water Grant

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationColumbus, Ohio
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerThe Nature Conservancy
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost$2,625,000
BenefitsVolumetric

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Decatur Project

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationChampaign, Illinois
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo Danville Project

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationChampaign, Illinois
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—

ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo FritoLay Project

Sub-BasinOhio-Tennessee River Basin
LocationChampaign, Illinois
TypeAgricultural best management practices (BMPs)
ImplementerPepsiCo
StatusAccepting Funding
Cost—
Benefits—