Native wet prairie plants are being re-seeded in easement areas. Enhances habitat for several species of concern, including red-legged frogs and western pond turtles, and provides outstanding habitat for willow flycatchers and other songbirds and waterfowl. The restored areas support an assemblage of native wetland prairie plants that have become extremely rare in the Willamette Valley. With the support of several partners, in 1992 ODFW began restoring wetlands at E.E. Wilson as part of a new management plan emphasizing biodiversity. By 1995, several dozen small ponds and wetlands totaling 170 acres were constructed or enhanced, and now support a diversity of native wetland plants and wildlife.
Ongoing maintenance includes control of non-native vegetation, especially reed canary grass.
More than 60 bird species new to the area have been observed in recent years, most of them associated with wetland habitats. E.E. Wilson now supports significant numbers of breeding waterfowl, up from almost none before restoration. Increasing numbers of species of wading birds, shorebirds, and rails now use the area. More than 800 waterfowl hunter visits were recorded each of the past three years, up from virtually none before restoration. In Benton County, about 20 miles southwest of Corvallis near the town of Alpine.