These are both located on the Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area in Posey County. One project, the Wabash Lowlands, will provide 74-acres of shallow water marsh. The other project will install a well to provide water for another marsh management unit at Hovey Lake. Lastly, DU's engineering staff completed designs for two other projects, Aukiki Wetland Conservation Area in Newton County and the Cane Ridge Unit of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge in Gibson County. Both projects still require additional funding before we can proceed with development.
Additional projects are in various stages of development.
By forging partnerships, we can leverage our funds against outside sources to increase the funds available for this work and affect more acres. An example of one of these partnerships is our agreement with the Natural resources Conservation Service to assist them in planting trees on bottomland sites enrolled in perpetuity in the Wetland Reserve Program. We have contributed funds and project design and delivery services to both these initiatives.