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The Upper Mississippi River Forest Partnership

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Grant Opportunities

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) administers the Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund. See their website for more information. Deadline for pre-proposals are April 1 and September 1 each year.

NFWF Grant Recipients

2010

• Conserving Bird Habitat in Flood Plain Forest on Private Lands in Minnesota and Iowa
• Conserving the Anoka Sand Plain Forest/ Savanna in Minnesota—Phase 2
• Enhancing Forest at Hastings Scientific and Natural Area in Southeast Minnesota
• Protecting Native Forests in the Cache River Wetlands in Illinois
• Restoring Oak Woodland and Savanna in Iowa

2009

• Zumbro Bottoms Flood Plain Restoration
• Forest Protection in the Meramec River Watershed
• Maiden Rock Bluff State Natural Area Oak Savanna Restoration
• Restoring the Lower St. Croix Floodplain and Bluffs
• Oak Savanna Restoration and Fuels Reduction in Northwestern Indiana

2008

• Restoring the Riparian Corridor of the Pecatonia River
• Ecological Restoration of a Swamp White Oak Woodland
• Mississippi River Floodplain Forest Restoration
• Middle Meramec River Conservation Opportunity Area
• Lower Meramec River Demonstration Project
• Hazardous Fuels Reduction in Pine-Oak Barrens
• Biomass Harvest Effects on Mammals and Amphibians
• Anoka Sandplain Forest and Savannah conservation

2007

• Conservation of Big River Forests in Southern Wisconsin
• River Hills Restoration Partnership Project (MO)
• Upper Iowa River Restoration and Education

2006

• Rockwood Island Wetland Restoration - IL
• Restoration of Bottomland Forests of NE Iowa
• Lower Chippewa River Prairie/Savannah Restoration - WI
• Restoring Mississippi - St. Croix Upland Habitat - MN
• Driftless Area Watershed Restoration

Migratory Bird Grant Recipients

• IA: A Bird’s Eye View: Restoring Upper Mississippi River Basin Bird Habitat
• IA: Expand Iowa’s Important Bird Area’s Program
• IL: Hanover Bluff Forest and Savannah Restoration
• IL: Oak Bluff Savannah Bird Habitat Improvement
• IL: Wightman Lake Bottomland Forest Improvement
• IN: The Yellow River Initiative
• MN: Closing the Canopy
• MN: Managing Private Forests for Songbirds
• NE IA: Northeast Iowa Driftless Area Initiative
• WI: Driftless Area Forest Stewardship Initiative