A Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) project has been selected to target conservation easement and restoration in the Texas playa lakes of the Panhandle and South Plains regions for $1.5 million in funding.Ducks Unlimited, in partnership with the Playa Lakes Joint Venture and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, proposed this project and will contribute funding to work with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in a joint effort with landowners to acquire easements and restore critical functions and values to historically agricultural wetlands.This project includes 15year or 30-year easements to protect and restore playa wetlands and adjacent uplands buffers in ...