The MOU specifies that a 1,500-acre off-river area with a mixture of pasture and wetlands be enhanced through flow and land management to benefit wetlands and waterfowl. Approximately 500 acres of the habitat area are to be flooded at any given time when runoff is forecasted to be average or above average with reductions in water supplies in less than average runoff years. The proposed flooding will increase wetland productivity and diversity, which is consistent with the approach described in the LORP Plan. The management units would be subject to periodic cycles of wetting and drying so that one to three management units would be wholly or partially flooded at any given time. Various physical improvements to existing ditches, berms, and spillgates will be necessary to manage water conveyance and flooding in the management units.