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The restoration of wetlands involves a process that begins with determining the pre-agriculture wetland features on the landscape. The landscape in the Northeast Arkansas Delta prior to farming was made up of wetlands containing bottomland hardwoods with many different hydrologic features. Some of these features include sheet or overland flow, meander scrolls or relic channels, vernal pools, habitat mounds, depressions and ridge and swale topography. The restoration efforts in Northeast Arkansas target many of these hydrologic features. Incorporating these features in wetland construction creates a diverse wetland habitat providing areas with permanent water, semi-permanent water and seasonally flooded wetlands. These areas provide water, food and habitat for migratory birds including ducks, geese, wading birds and shorebirds as well as permanent habitat for amphibians, reptiles, fur-bearing mammals, deer and turkeys.