Grant Programs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0b200b00dvldtc.jpg"> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Driftless Land Stewardship LLC</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><B> |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Driftless Land Stewardship LLC"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecological Services"><U>Ecological Services</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest News"><U>Latest News</U></A>   |   <B>Grant Programs</B>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Staff"><U>Our Staff</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Employment"><U>Employment</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Service Area"><U>Service Area</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="043bec00esnpes.png"> <div> <I><B>Federal and state agencies offer grants  to fund rehabilitation and management of your property's natural communities. </B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="17700c00egerdp.jpg"> <div> Grant Programs</div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service- </B></I><A HREF="http://partners.fws.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://partners.fws.gov/"><U><I><B>Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program</B></I></U></A><I><B>  provides financial and technical assistance to private landowners interested in restoring degraded habitat on their property.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT><I><B>The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service- </B></I><A HREF="http://endangered.fws.gov/grants/private_stewardship.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://endangered.fws.gov/grants/private"><U><I><B>Private Stewardship Program</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><I><B>provides grants and other assistance on a competitive basis to individuals and groups engaged in local, private, and voluntary conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT><I><B>The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service- </B></I><A HREF="http://www.fws.gov/grants/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fws.gov/grants/"><U><I><B>Grants-At-A-Glance</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B>The </B></I><A HREF="http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/"><U><I><B>Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program</B></I></U></A><I><B> (WHIP) is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private land. Through WHIP USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service provides both technical assistance and up to 75 percent cost-share assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The </B></I><A HREF="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/WLIP/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/W"><U><I><B>Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources</B></I></U></A><I><B>- Landowner Incentive Program</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The </B></I><A HREF="http://www.iowadnr.com/wildlife/files/lip.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iowadnr.com/wildlife/files/li"><U><I><B>Iowa Department of Natural </B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.state.ia.us/government/dnr/organiza/fwb/wildlife/pages/privatelands.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.state.ia.us/government/dnr/or"><U><I><B>Resources</B></I></U></A><I><B>- </B></I><I><B>Landowner Incentive Program</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Iowa Department of Natural Resources- </B></I><A HREF="http://www.iowadnr.com/grants/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iowadnr.com/grants/index.html"><U><I><B>Conservation and Recreation Grants</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources- </B></I><A HREF="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/cfa/Grants/Rivers/riverplanning.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/cfa/"><U><I><B>River Protection Planning</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B>Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources- </B></I><A HREF="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/cfa/Grants/Rivers/riverprotection.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/cfa/"><U><I><B>River Protection Management Grants</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT><A HREF="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/index."><U><I><B>Minnesota Department of Natural Resources</B></I></U></A><I><B>- </B></I><I><B>The Financial Assistance Directory</B></I><I><B> provides summary level information on all of the Department of Natural Resources' financial assistance programs.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B>Minnesota </B></I><I><B>Department of Natural Resources-</B></I><A HREF="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lip/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lip/index.htm"><U><I><B>Minnesota's Landowner Incentive Program</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></I><A HREF="http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/C2000/Incentives.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/C2000/Incent"><U><I><B>Illinois Landowners Guide</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>to natural resources management incentives</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT><I><B>The </B></I><A HREF="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~herbarium/inps/grantinfo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~herbarium"><U><I><B>Iowa Native Plant Society</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><I><B>will consider proposals for "acquisition of land that will significantly contribute to the conservation of Iowa’s native flora" and "research, training and education that will contribute to conservation, appreciation and increased knowledge of Iowa’s native flora". </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The </B></I><A HREF="http://www.nfwf.org/programs.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nfwf.org/programs.cfm"><U><I><B>National Fish and Wildlife Foundation</B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.nfwf.org/programs.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nfwf.org/programs.cfm"><U><I><B> </B></I></U></A><I><B>meets these goals by awarding matching grants to projects benefiting conservation education, habitat protection and restoration, and natural resource management.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B>A</B></I><I><B>ppropriate ecological restoration projects in SW WI and NW IL will be selected to receive local ecotype seed. Land managers are invited to submit proposals to the Southwest Chapter of </B></I><A HREF="http://www.theprairieenthusiasts.org/chapter/southwest/southw.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theprairieenthusiasts.org/cha"><U><I><B>The Prairie Enthusiasts</B></I></U></A><I><B>.</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11b21230.jpg" border=0 width="33" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>Funding for prairie</B></I><I><B> research</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>in southeastern Wisconsin and Iowa </B></I><I><B>offered by Prairie Biotic Research, Inc. </B></I><I><B>To apply for a grant, contact Michael Anderson at Prairie Biotic Research, Inc., PO Box 5424, Madison, WI 53705, or by email at </B></I><A HREF="mailto:pbr-grants@tds.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:pbr-grants@tds.net"><U><I><B>pbr-grants@tds.net</B></I></U></A><I><B> for a 2006 Grant Application Form. Proposals must be received by January 13, 2006.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>