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Upcoming Events
The Woodland School
Classes for new and experienced land stewards. Visit www.aldoleopold.org/woodlandschool for extended class descriptions, registration options, and informational resources.
Blue Mounds Area Project
The Blue Mounds Area Project is a local nonprofit organization with over 200 members that promotes private land stewardship with an ecological perspective. The BMAP member landowners help preserve habitat for over 17 rare plants and 5 rare birds listed by DNR as endangered, threatened, or special concern. For more information about the events or BMAP, call 437- 6247 or go to www.bluemounds.org.
Landowner Incentive Program
Helping landowners help rare species.
The Landowner Incentive Program is a new cost-share program that helps private landowners by providing financial and technical assistance to manage and restore habitat for at-risk species on their land. The program is funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and administered by the DNR's Bureau of Endangered Resources. LIP provides up to 75% of the project cost for eligible projects. At-risk species are rare plants and animals such as those listed as state or federally endangered or threatened, state special concern or species of greatest conservation need.
Prairie and savanna management and restoration will be the focus of the first request for proposals, which will be announced in the next few weeks when applications become available. To learn more about the program, visit the web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/WLIP/
If you or your organization would like to have an upcoming event listed here, contact Peggy Compton at (608) 342-1633 or e-mail peggy.compton@ces.uwex.edu
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