Create two landowner-focused staff positions and develop an outreach and technical assistance program in the upper Midwest to implement recovery plans for the monarch butterfly, Karner blue butterfly, and rusty patched bumble bee. Project will identify and engage private working landowners to carry out pollinator habitat restoration and management projects, bringing 4,500 acres under improved management and restoring 1,000 acres of habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
Project Title: Increasing Technical Assistance to Engage Landowners in Pollinator Conservation (IA, IL, MN, WI)
Organization:
The Prairie Enthusiasts
Project ID:
2007.19.065604
Description:
Award Amount:
$245508.45
Location:
Upper Midwest, and will be prioritized in Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, northwest Illinois