WREP combines RIM resource funds and funds from the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide financial and technical assistance to landowners who voluntarily restore wetlands and increase wildlife habitat. The goal is to restore approximately 7,250 acres across Minnesota. The areas include: 3,000 acres in the five Presidential Flood Disaster counties of Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower and Steele; 1,750 acres along the Red River of the North main stem; and 1,500 and 1,000 acres, respectively, in the Buffalo-Red River and Grand Marais Creek watersheds in northwestern Minnesota.