Shallow Lake Easements - HCP Phase VI Supplemental (3c)

Ducks Unlimited used this grant in combination with our 2009 appropriation to help fund approximately 40% of the cost to purchase a permanent conservation easement on the 150-acre Donovan-Posch property on Garden and Johnson Lakes in Crow Wing County in June 2011. In addition, Ducks Unlimited also provided technical assistance and conducted outreach and promotion of conservation easements as a land protection option to new landowners on several shallow lakes, and secured appraisals for potential conservation easements on both the Papenheim and Douglas County Land Company properties on Lake Christina, and ordered an appraisal on the Radunz property on Cedar Lake in Meeker/McLeod County under this grant before funds ran out. Negotiations with these and other landowners are ongoing and will continue in the future through our 2011 appropriation. DU spent $29,639 in Other Funds to complete this project.