Support Adopt a Pothole today: USA | Canada

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Delta's Adopt A Pothole Program was established in 1991, and linked interested waterfowl enthusiasts with prairie grain farmers, the landowners who are ultimately responsible for managing roughly 70% of all breeding waterfowl habitat.

Landowners involved with Adopt A Pothole sign perpetual wetland easements agreeing not to drain, the wetlands and associated uplands.. The program has shifted away from ten year leases to easements and is focusing on the Canadian side of the border where wetlands are more vulnerable. Working in partnership with the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation since 1999 we have secured a total of 200 wetland easements and 28,000 acres of wetlands and upland acres as of the fall of 2007, truly a legacy in conservation efforts!

Complimenting the wetland easement program is the use of Hen Houses on the same wetlands. Delta and the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation are combining to install 200 Hen Houses per year, with 2,100 out collectively in Manitoba.

Delta has had many partners in funding and working to protect wetlands including the Illinois state duck stamp funds, North Dakota Natural Resources Trust, Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation, and the state of Wisconsin. These efforts are also coordinated and funded by the US federal government through the North America Wetlands Conservation Act as part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.