Natural Resources Foundation of

TO FORM AND DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP TO ACHIEVE URBAN BIRD TREATY CITY DESIGNATION, WHICH WILL SERVE AS AN ORGANIZING POINT FOR SILOED ORGANIZATIONS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE BIRD CONSERVATION AND OUTREACH IN THE REGION. SPECIAL FOCUS WILL BE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO ENSURE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN BIRD CONSERVATION AND BIRDING ARE A PART OF THE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING.

TO SUPPORT THE NEOTROPICAL FLYWAYS PROJECT.

TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE FRIENDS OF GOVENOR DODGE STATE PARK AND REPLACE ROTTED TIMBERS ON PINE CLIFF TRAIL.

TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL PIONEER AWARDS AND TO RESTORE/REVITALIZE GREEN SPACES ALONG LINCOLN CREEK, WITH A FOCUS ON HOPKINS HOLLOW, THROUGH HABITAT RESTORATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HABITAT RESEARCH, AND RAISING AWARENES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT IN URBAN GREEN SPACE.

TO REMOVE DENSE WOODY THICKETS FROM TWO REMNANT PRAIRIES IN THE SOUTHWEST SAVANNA REGION TO IMPROVE HABITAT FOR ALREADY PRESENT GRASSLAND BIRDS OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED AND TO REPAIR A VITAL BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO PARTS OF THE SYLVAN ROAD CONSERVATION AREA, A RARE REFERENCE QUALITY WETLAND/STREAM COMPLEX, TO ENSURE SAFE ACCESS.

TO SUPPORT RAPTOR RESEARCH AT THE CEDAR GROVE ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION; AND SECONDARILY, FOR SUPPORTING BIRD AND RAPTOR CONSERVATION IN WISCONSIN.

TO SUPPORT THE CARE, MANAGEMENT, AND RESTORATION OF TREWARTHA BOBOLINK HILL FARM AND FOUR OAKS FARM.

TO CONTINUE A COLLABORATIVE, LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER BIRD MONITORING PROGRAM ON THE ONEIDA NATION RESERVATION'S RESTORATION SITES.

TO SUPPORT THE NATURAL RESOURCES EDUCATION MISSION, PROGRAMMING, AND BIRD PROTECTION EFFORTS AT TOMAHAWK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER.

TO SUPPORT WISCONSIN WETLAND'S ASSOCIATION'S WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS IN WISCONSIN, AS WELL AS THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2025 WISCONSIN WETLANDS SCIENCE CONFERENCE.

TO TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT OF ANDERSON FARM COUNTY PARK.

TO SUPPORT RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PRAIRIE HABITAT WITHIN HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK.

TO SUPPORT THE 2024 BIRDS AND BEYOND SERIES AND 2024 CLIMATE FAST FORWARD CONFERENCE.

TO DETERMINE WHETHER ALTERING WATER LEVELS WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO CONTROL THE RECENT INVASION OF EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (EWM) IN THE TURTLE FLAMBEAU FLOWAGE AND OTHER FLOWAGE TYPE WATER BODIES, MANAGED BY THE MARY GRIGGS BURKE CENTER FOR FRESHWATER INNOVATION.

TO SUPPORT THE SPUR LAKE STATE NATURAL AREA CLIMATE RESILIENCY PROJECT.

TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST.

TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE FRIEND'S OF DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK AND CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH AT DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK.

TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE.

TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN, AS WELL AS WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS IN WISCONSIN.

TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, AND RESTORATION OF THE GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN AND ITS HABITAT IN WISCONSIN, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM IN THE BUENA VISTA GRASSLANDS AREA OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

TO SUPPORT THE WORK AND MISSION OF THE UPPER SUGAR RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION.

CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

TO ASSIST LANDMARK CONSERVANCY WITH THE CONSERVATION OF LOVE LAKE.

TO SUPPORT THE XERCES SOCIETY'S WISCONSIN POLLINATOR HABITAT KIT PROJECT, WHICH OFFERS PARTICIPANTS IN WISCONSIN A MIX OF CAREFULLY SELECTED, NATIVE AND REGIONALLY APPROPRIATE PLANTS ALONG WITH TECHNICAL GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT THE PLANTINGS.

TO SUPPORT MADISON AUDUBON AND ITS BIRD CONSERVATION EFFORTS; TO CONTINUE THE SAVE OUR SONGBIRDS CAMPAIGN AND RAISE AWARENESS SURROUNDING DECINING PASSERINES.

LAND RESTORATION AT WEST DANE CONSERVANCY; GRASSLAND EXPANSION AT MOUNDS VIEW GRASSLAND; RESTORING BIODIVERSITY TO PRAIRIE AND SAVANNA REMNANTS.

TO CONTINUE THE COLLABORATIVE, LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER BIRD MONITORING PROGRAM ON THE ONEIDA NATION RESERVATION'S RESTORATION SITES.

TO SUPPORT RAPTOR RESEARCH AT THE CEDAR GROVE ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION; AND SECONDARILY, FOR SUPPORTING BIRD AND RAPTOR CONSERVATION IN WISCONSIN.

TO CONTINUE MONTHLY BIRDING EVENTS IN MADISON AND MILWAUKEE THAT WILL BRING BIPOC AND ALLIES TOGETHER TO ENJOY AND EXPERIENCE THE BIRDS AND NATURAL WONDERS OF WISCONSIN.

TO DEVELOP A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) PROCESS TO GAIN SEED FUNDING FOR EXISTING OR EMERGING IBA PARTNERSHIPS BY FOCUSING ON PARTNERSHIP NEEDS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM IBA SUPPORT.

TO IMPROVE GRAZING AND GRASSLAND HABITAT MANAGEMENT

TO MAKE BIRD-FRIENDLY ACTIONS MORE APPROACHABLE FOR COMMUNITIES BY UNDERSTANDING THEIR MOTIVATIONS AND BARRIERS TO ACTION AND BUILDING TOOLS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS BASED ON THIS UNDERSTANDING.

TO SUPPORT CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REARING OF CHICKS USING COSTUME-REARING AND PARENT-REARING METHODS, SPECIALIZED VETERINARY CARE, RESEARCH AND MONITORING OF REINTRODUCED WHOOPING CRANES IN WISCONSIN, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

TO STUDY AND RESTORE A 3-ACRE PORTION OF "HOPKINS HOLLOW", A GREEN SPACE ALONG LINCOLN CREEK.

TO SUPPORT THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ITS BIRD PROTECTION EFFORTS; TO SUPPORT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION AT THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; TO SUPPORT THE 2023 MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE.

TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT OF ANDERSON COUNTY PARK.

TO SUPPORT NATURAL RESOURCES EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AT TOMAHAWK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SUPPORT FOR NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER

TO SUPPORT THE OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST.

TO PURCHASE AN ALL-TERRAIN POWERED WHEELCHAIR TO INCREASE MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN POINT BEACH STATE FOREST FOR SENIORS.

TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, AND RESTORATION OF THE GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN AND ITS HABITAT IN WISCONSIN, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM IN THE BUENA VISTA GRASSLANDS AREA OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

TO SUPPORT THE RIVER ALLIANCE'S WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS IN WISCONSIN.

CONSERVATION PROGRAMS