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ble land to wildlife habitat The V.s. Environmental Protection Agency gives wet. lands protection grants. TheSD. Department of Environment and Natural Resources administers V.s. Environmental Protection Agency Section 319 grants if non-point source pollution is impairing water quality in habitats. The S.D. Department of Agriculture awards Conservation Commission Grants. Specific projects may be funded under the V.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 205 program, under which the Corps pays 50% of study costs and up to 75% of construction costs, if feasible based on Corps criteria. There may be funding available from the S.D. Department of Game, Fish and Parks' Pheasants for Evel)'One and Waterfowl Habitat Programs, the V.s. Department of Agriculture's Great Plains Program, the V.s. Soil Conservation Service, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the soil conservation districts, water development districts, the S.D. As...ooation of Sail and Water Conservation Districts, a future basin-wide water management authority, and the S.D. Department of Transportarions funds under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi- ciency Act of 1991. Financial assistance may also be forthcoming from private non-profit groups like Ducks Unlimited and The Nature Conservan<y. Projects to mitigate Lake Thomp-- son flooding by enhancing wetlands could be funded under the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provided that there is a public sponsor. POTE:-JTIAL SOLUTION 2-fl Create a wetlands mitigation batik. {This actio" would also address Loss of Agriru/tum/ Productjvity from Floodi"g; see Solution I-D, page2!.! This effort could be begun within six months, and led by the S.D. Water Congress, the Association of Conservation Districts, the CD S.D. Department of Agriculture, or the V.s. Soil Conservation Service. The S.D. Depart- ment of Transportation has established a wet. lands mitigation bank to compensate for lo~- es resulting from road construction. The u.s. Environmental Protection Agency, s.D. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the S.D. Department of Agriculture could provide funding. Funds may also be available through the S.D. Depart- ment of Transportation under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.