Funding for Island Projects

Funding for habitat rehabilitation projects on the Upper Mississippi River typically comes from a variety of sources.

Funding for construction costs come mostly from the Environmental Management Program and occasionally from operation and maintenance funds of the US Army, Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, or state agencies.

Costs for project planning and evaluation are typically shared among agencies with funds coming from the Environmental Management Program (including the Long-term Resource Monitoring Program) and from in-kind contributions of labor, equipment, and supplies from partner agencies.

The islands constructed in the projects described above have a life expectancy of 50 years. For all three projects the costs of island construction were similar.

Costs averaged about $75,000 per acre (1995 US dollars). This does not include costs for planning or evaluation of the projects.