IA DNR: Wildlife Diversity Program, Grants

Small Grants Program Funds Available
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, funded by donations from the Fish & Wildlife Protection Fund (Chickadee Checkoff) and Natural Resource License Plate funds, has small grants available for projects directly relating to wildlife diversity conservation. Approved projects will be funded on a single-year basis but can be submitted for additional funding in subsequent years (not to exceed 3 years in succession). Total grant allotment for 2008 is $10,000 with $2,500 being the maximum amount available per project funding request. If you are interested in applying for small project funding, please refer to the "Small Grant Program" document listed below for further information. Grant proposals for the 2008 monies are due December 15, 2007.

Small Grants Brochure, *.pdf

State Wildlife Grant Funds Available
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is providing the opportunity for all interested conservation organizations, colleges, and universities to receive a portion of State Wildlife Grant funds through a competitive granting process. If you are interested in applying for project funding, please refer to the documents listed below on this page. The "Call for Proposals" document provides background information on the program and discusses project and applicant eligibility, reporting requirements, project selection criteria, and submission deadlines. The "Application Guidelines" document gives guidance for the type of information needed to complete each section of the application. The proposal application should include a project summary, objectives, partners, approach, budgets, schedules, etc. The "Current Management - Research Needs" document lists current priority research interests for the IDNR. Proposals are NOT limited to these topics. The research needs list should serve as an idea page but extra consideration will be given to proposals addressing these needs. Grant proposals for the 2008 monies are due December 15, 2007.

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State Wildlife Grant Call for Proposals:
Detailed information about Iowa's State Wildlife Grants program

State Wildlife Grant Application Guidelines:
Specific guidelines for writing and submitting an Iowa State Wildlife Grant Proposal

2007 Iowa Management Research Needs:
A list of research needs designated as high priority by Iowa DNR management staff

This project was designed to inventory non-game fish species in previously unsurveyed wadeable streams in Southwest Iowa.

Inventoring non-game fish species

Plant Survey

Bobcat Population Study

Examples of some State Wildlife Grant Projects:

Iowa has over 19,000 miles of interior streams and rivers and are an important fisheries resource. The first pictured project was designed to inventory non-game fish species in previously unsurveyed wadeable streams in Southwest Iowa.
Two technicians conduct a plant survey as a part of the Patch-Burn Grazing Study in Southern Iowa. This study looks at the response of plants, insects, birds and livestock to prairies be managed under a rotational grazing and patch burning regime.
A technician holds a newly radio-collared bobcat, which is a part of a bobcat population study.
For more information on the bobcat population study: http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/ClarkW/html/bobcat.html
Prairie Resource Center