Land acquisition costs can be reduced by contracting volunteer land owners. Restoration of functional values was not overly restrictive. While the flooding problems within the watershed ultimately stimulated actions, the restoration of specific wetland values did not preclude other values or benefits from the project. Virtually every hectare of wetland restored helped lessen the flooding problem. This allowed wetland managers to select basin restoration sites that would also serve as wildlife habitat, particularly for waterfowl production.
Wetland restoration is a learning process.
Man's ability to engineer outcomes directed at replicating or restoring functional values is limited. He points out that while the objective may be restoration of the original habitat conditions and values, in reality this may amount to only partial rehabilitation of original functional values or creation of a different sort of system. Wise use probably can be achieved where wetland restoration, rehabilitation or creation seeks to alleviate past unwise use. Factual information is needed. Without a current wetland inventory and, in this instance, an inventory of drainage or historic wetlands, achieving the desired results would be difficult.