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Since 1990, the Service has acquired 4,255 acres (17.22 km 2) of WPAs and approximately 1,898 easement acres (7.68 km 2). Private land restoration projects total 7,011 acres (28.37 km 2) of wetland in 1,227 basins and 4,849 acres (19.62 km 2) of native prairie on 223 sites.
Approximately 10.6 million acres (42,900 km 2) of wetlands are ... 90 days per year in the Iron ... in Greater Minnesota. Its major population ...
Thirty-nine perpetual wildlife habitat easements covering 4,185 acres (16.94 km 2) of wetland and grassland habitats on private land have also been obtained. In addition the District manages the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center which has innovative environmental education programs and a wide array of visitor opportunities all focused on ...
A large wetland in western Minnesota.. Over the past 200 years, the United States has lost more than 50% of its wetlands. [1] And even with the current focus on wetland conservation, the US is losing about 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of wetlands per year (as of 2004). [2]
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
The Windom Wetland Management District also manages the first fee title tract of the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. Touch the Sky Prairie is a nearly 800-acre (320 ha) unit of the refuge dedicated to helping preserve native tallgrass prairie. Less than one-tenth of one percent of the original Tallgrass Prairie remains.
A wetland must be flooded seasonally: 63 to 66% lose protection, ranging from 2.3 to 2.4 million acres. Wetlands must flood seasonally and always have saturated soils: 87 to 88% lose protection ...
The Morris Wetland Management District includes 244 waterfowl production areas, encompassing over 50,000 acres (200 km 2) scattered throughout an eight-county area.Like other wetland management districts in the prairie states, the goal of the Morris District is to restore and protect sufficient wetland and grassland habitat to meet the needs of prairie wildlife, particularly breeding waterfowl ...