[6] The cost is borne by the program and its sponsors, and the landowners must sign an "agreement to maintain the restored wetland for a 25-year period".
[6] Prince Edward Island also operates a Wetland Stewardship Program within the scope of the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture.
From 1991 to 2003, it protected 60 km² of upland and wetland habitat in the province,[7] in which soil erosion is the most significant environmental issue.
[8] In Quebec, nearly half of all program funding from this project is devoted to the biosphere reserve of Lac Saint-Pierre and its environs, encompassing 35 km² of nationally significant wetlands.
[9] The activities of the Quebec partnership focus primarily on "the protection of habitats and the restoration of wetlands along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers".