Ducks Unlimited and 20 regional conservation-related partners were recently awarded a one million dollar North American Conservation Act Grant. With an additional match from Ducks Unlimited and its partners, the total dollar amount for the three state project is $3.87 million. The money will be used to improve wetlands, including the Oakwood Bottoms area, located beside the Big Muddy River in southern Jackson County Illinois.
Thanks to Dr. Scott Ishman, Associate Dean of the SIU-Carbondale College of Science, and Faculty Advisor to the SIU Chapter of Ducks Unlimited.Thanks also to Michael Sertle, Regional Biologist for Illinois and Southern Indiana with
Ducks Unlimited and to Chris Sebastian, Public Affairs Coordinator with Ducks Unlimited., who both
contributed to this story.