Conservation projects in Wisconsin receive more than $27,000 in small grants from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin has awarded $27,311 to 28
applicants through a 2015 C.D. Besadny conservation grant. The C.D. Besadny
Conservation Grant Program awards grants to projects that involve the
management and restoration of Wisconsin's natural resources and/or focus on
natural resources education and outreach. The 2015 projects range from a bat
monitoring project to supporting stream restoration.
"This year we received many impressive applications, which will support
on-the-ground conservation work, as well as projects that get people and
communities outside and engaged in nature," said Caitlin Williamson,
Foundation program and development coordinator. "We're so proud to be able
to support our partner organizations through this grassroots approach."
The grant program provides grants up to $1,000. This year's recipients are:
* Aldo Leopold Foundation, Aldo Leopold Writing Contest, Sauk County
* Anderson Park Friends, Invasive Species Removal Project, Dane
County
* Beaver Creek Reserve Citizen Science Center, Citizen Scientists
Conduct Biotic Inventory at Beaver Creek Reserve, Eau Claire County
* Cable Natural History Museum, Northwoods Phenology Interactive
Website and Programming, Bayfield County
* Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center, Natural Resources
Internship at Carpenter Nature Center, St. Croix County
* City of New Richmond, A Healthy Hatfield Habitat, St. Croix County
* Clean Lakes Alliance, Rake for the Lake: Urban Leaf Management
Initiative, Dane County
* Devil's Lake State Park, Using Technology as a Gateway to Nature,
Sauk County
* Friends of Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed Management Kickoff,
Dane County
* Friends of St. Croix Headwaters, Canoes on Wheels, Douglas County
* Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council, Central
Wisconsin Forest Demonstration Project, Portage County
* Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, Outdoor Environmental Education
Tables, Milwaukee County
* Madison Audubon Society, Connecting Students with Neighborhood
Nature, Dane County
* Madison Parks Foundation, Sunday Bird and Nature Walk Program,
Dane County
* Mequon Nature Preserve, Bat Species Monitoring and Public
Education, Ozaukee County
* Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Pheasant Branch
Environmental Education Center, Dane County
* Mississippi Valley Conservancy, Kickapoo Bottoms Restoration, La
Crosse County
* Monk Botanical Gardens, StoryWalk to Promote Composting and
Awareness of Wisconsin's Natural Resources, Marathon County
* Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust, Tools for Guckenberg-Sturm
Preserve Restoration, Winnebago County
* Open Door Bird Sanctuary, Owl Eyes, Door County
* Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium, Inc., Invasive
Species Education Outreach, Milwaukee County
* Southern Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited, SWTU Stream Keepers
Project, Kittleson Creek, Dane County
* UW-Extension Buffalo County, Dry Bluff Prairie Educational
Program, Buffalo County
* Vernon County Land & Water Conservation Department, "We All Need
Trees" Poster and Photo Contest, Vernon County
* Waukesha County Land Conservancy, Service Learning & Preserve
Neighbors Program, Waukesha County
* Western Great Lakes Bird & Bat Observatory, 100+ Years of Bird
Protection: Art Inspiring People to Act, Ozaukee County
* Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, Wisconsin
Models for Technology Tools in Citizen Science, Portage County
* Woodland Dunes Nature Center, Restore the Shore High School
Workday, Manitowoc County
The C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program supports projects in Wisconsin
that promote the responsible stewardship of Wisconsin's natural resources at
the local level. Recipients are required to match the grant on a 1:1 basis
with funds or in-kind services. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the
program, which has now awarded $446,819 to more than 569 organizations in
every county in Wisconsin since its inception in 1990. The program is named
after former Department of Natural Resources Secretary and Foundation
founder C.D. "Buzz" Besadny.
The next round of C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program applications will
be announced in April 2016. Learn about the grant programs and read about
this year's winners at http://www.WisConservation.org.