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Practices used to restore degraded wetlands include blocking old drainage ditches with low-level berms and the restoration of original wetland micro-topography that has often been lost due to past agricultural drainage and land-leveling practices. Competed projects often result in a mosaic of permanent, and seasonal wetlands with a variety of vegetation types providing habitat for numerous wetland dependent species. Wetlands are restored at a cost of $700-$1000 per acre.

Photo of a drained wetland basin - Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Photo of the same basin, now filled with water - Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The photo on the left shows a drained wetland basin before restoration. The photo on the right shows the same wetland, five years after restoration.



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