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Cul-de-sac Wetland

aquatic plants in cul-de-sac wetland
Aquatic plants like thalia, duck potato, and mud plantain occur in locations that are flooded longer through the growing season. These areas are valuable habitats that provide cover, bugs and snails to early fall migrating waterfowl. These areas are also used by wood duck broods, herps and native fish. The Cul-de-sac Unit at Otter Slough is a good example of where we’ve planted and managed water levels to promote this diverse wetland community. More

CWD Core Area Map

CWD Core Area Map
The red box on this map shows the core area around where CWD has been found, and where MDC will be working with local landowners to reduce deer numbers. The core area is comprised of a 29-square-mile block along the northern part of the Linn- and Macon-county border and comprises about 2% of the counties’ total area. More

Dirt Pan Construction

Photo of dirt pan construction at Duck Creek CA.
Wetland topography generally doesn’t change more than 3 feet. However, the location of levees across that three feet of relief directly affects which areas can be flooded and by how much. With dirt pan construction, we are restoring the topography so we can better manage wetland habitat in Duck Creek Units A and B. More

Discovery Center

Discovery Center
MDC's Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center in Kansas City is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2012. More

Distribution Slough

Restored wetland topography
Restoring the topography and several sloughs will not only benefit the depth and distribution of flooded habitat, it will also help us move water to these locations. Instead of flooding the area around blinds 15 and 16 too deep to push it over to blinds 13 and 8, we will use one of the restored sloughs as a distribution channel to move water from one part of the area to another. This photo shows the broad levee and the shallow slough that will pull double duty as it provides aquatic habitat and distributes the water in the renovated Unit A. More
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