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Before & After Pictures
Examples of wetland restorations being completed on RIM WRP sites.
This site in Becker County was restored back to a type III open water marsh. The wetland was drained with a large drainage ditch, but was still too wet to farm and became choked with cattail. An embankment was built to hold the water in the basin. The hills surrounding the basin were seeded to native prairie.
Before...
...and one year later.
This ditch plug and tile break in Mahnomen County was constructed in the fall of 2010. The end result is a 2 acre restored pothole.
Before...
...and the following spring.
The below wetland in Becker County was previously drained with a large ditch. After the restoration, it is a beautiful open water marsh.
Before...
...and the following summer.
This seasonal depression was restored by removing sediment and also plugging the shallow drainage ditch. These seasonal depressions are key to spring waterfowl habitat. During the spring, these wetlands will be full from snow melt, and by August they will usually be dry.
Before...
...and two years later.
