Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District

{{short description|Conservation management unit of local government in Minnesota, United States}}

{{about|a local government conservation unit|other uses|Minnesota Valley (disambiguation)}}

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The Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District is a fourteen-county district located in east central Minnesota, United States. It includes portions of the Minnesota, Cannon, and Mississippi River watersheds. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service works to protect the area's natural landscape through private lands habitat restorations, acquisition of waterfowl production areas (WPAs), and management of FmHA conservation easements. Since 1990, the Service has acquired {{convert|4255|acre|km2}} of WPAs and approximately {{convert|1,898|acre|km2|adj=pre|easement}}. Private land restoration projects total {{convert|7011|acre|km2}} of wetland in 1,227 basins and {{convert|4849|acre|km2}} of native prairie on 223 sites.