One of the properties we lease is on WRP. It is black belt prairie creek bottom that was pasture land with a good size creek running the length of the property. WRP paid the landowner a large chunk of $$$, built 2- 5 acre drainable duck ponds, graded and rocked all of the creek crossings. They let us set aside 5% of the acreage where we wanted to for food plots. The whole property was then planted in trees, mostly hardwood, some longleafs pine and a little loblolly. The whole place is now a bedding area and holds a lot of deer, lots of rabbits and turkeys are nesting on it and stay in the 2 acre chufa patch we plant.
Been a sweet deal so far for landowner and us and the habitat gets better every year. He got a lot more upfront than he would have made running cows on it like he'd done for years and all he has to do is figure out what to spend his money on and do a little bush hogging and we do most of that