One of the most valuable aspects of MRF is the ability to provide one-on-one assistance with landowners throughout the Missouri River floodplain in both Nebraska and South Dakota. MRF has developed a “toolbox” of conservation programs from several agencies that is available to the landowners. These programs contain incentives for habitat restoration and/or creation, water quality improvement, and erosion control.  Various agencies have funding for projects on the Missouri River like sloughing and conservation easements, backwater & chute creation, Wetland Reserve Program, Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program, and others. The MNRR is a valuable resource and a rare  “natural” section of the Missouri River. It is hoped, even expected, that more emphasis will be given to additional conservation projects in the future.