These success stories introduce you to agricultural landowners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed who have restored wetlands on their properties. In each story, you will meet a landowner and learn about the funding programs that supported their work, the planners that helped them through the process and the benefits their restored wetlands have brought.
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W.J. owns a 21-acre wetland that was restored under the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.
Carol worked with the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a 40-acre conservation project on her property. She enrolled her land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
Mark turned low-yield cropland into a waterfowl-friendly wetland through the Ducks Unlimited Choptank Watershed Wetland Restoration Program.
Brooke owns a 30-acre wetland that was restored under the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Wetlands Reserve Program.
Rogard worked with the Elizabeth River Project to complete a living shoreline restoration on his waterfront property.
The Kirchner's property is the site of Big Spring Run, one of the first legacy sediment removal projects of its kind that resulted in a restored wetland-stream complex.
Wetlands Work connects farmers and agricultural landowners with wetland planners, restoration programs and sources of funding. It is a product of the Chesapeake Bay Program and its partners.
