GLIN==> Wisconsin State Wildlife Grants Funding Now Available

State Wildlife Grants Funding Now Available

I am very happy to announce that the Department of Natural Resources is now accepting pre-proposals for projects that will help implement the Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan through the federal State Wildlife Grants Program!

A total of approximately $830,000 will be available for the 2011-2013 funding cycle.  Online submission of a project pre-proposal is required, and projects should address one or more of the of top priority conservation actions from the Plan.

All of the materials needed to apply for funding, including the online Pre-Proposal submission form, Project Requirements and Ranking Criteria, list of Priority Conservation Actions, and the State Wildlife Grants Award Process, are available on the Department's website: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/swg/.  The administrative rules governing this grant program can be found under NR 58 http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/nr/nr058.pdf.


The pre-proposal deadline is Friday, October 15, 2010 at NOON.



About the State Wildlife Grants Program
Created by Congress in 2000, The State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program was established, "...for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished..." The program is a direct result of the untiring efforts of the now more than 4700 member groups of the Teaming with Wildlife Coalition<http://www.teaming.com/index.htm> (exit DNR).

Since its creation, the SWG program has received annual Congressional appropriations that are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service apportions these funds, using a legislated formula based on human population and geographic area, to fish and wildlife agencies within the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia (States). The Department of Natural Resources (Department) manages Wisconsin's SWG funds.

In addition to complying with applicable federal laws and regulations, Congress stipulated that each State fish and wildlife agency that wished to participate in the SWG program must develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy by October 1, 2005. Wisconsin and some other states now refer to the Strategy as a Wildlife Action Plan (Plan).
Wisconsin's Wildlife Action Plan was approved by the Natural Resources Board in August 2005 and accepted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in September 2005. State Wildlife Grant funds will be used for projects to help implement the Plan.


 Heidi Nelson
Bureau of Endangered Resources
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
(*) phone:      (608) 267-0797
(*) fax:        (608) 266-2925
(*) e-mail:     Heidi.Nelson at Wisconsin.gov




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