Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District

The Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District (WMD) is a fourteen-county district located in east central Minnesota. It includes portions of the Minnesota, Cannon, and Mississippi river watersheds. The Service works to protect the area's natural landscape through private lands habitat restorations, acquisition of waterfowl production areas (WPAs), and management of FmHA conservation easements. Since 1990, the Service has acquired 4,255 acres of WPAs and approximately 1,898 easement acres. Private land restoration projects total 7,011 acres of wetland in 1,227 basins and 4,849 acres of native prairie on 223 sites.