Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation: Upper Midwest Wildlife Habitat Initiative

This information was written in November 2007.

The Upper Midwest Wildlife Habitat Protection Initiative's grant funds are directed to the regions colored above—all priorities within their State Wildlife Action Plans. INHF will partner with two national non-profits on this initiative: The Conservation Fund in Minnesota and Wisconsin (green) and Ducks Unlimited in Illinois and Missouri (pink). INHF will coordinate land protection and outreach in Iowa (blue) and the four-state Mississippi River Blufflands Alliance region (red).

The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is coordinating a five-state effort to protect priority wildlife habitat.

This initiative aims to permanently protect key natural lands valued at $60 million between June 2007 and December 2010. Lead funding comes from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through a $10.8 million grant to INHF.

This initiative focuses on some of the lands identified as priorities through State Wildlife Action Plans recently adopted in each state.

In Iowa, INHF is using this initiative as the springboard for the largest single campaign for natural land protection that’s ever been launched in Iowa: The Campaign for The Bluffs, The Hills, The Lakes.

We invite you to be part of this important and ambitious work!

For more information, e-mail Anita O'Gara, INHF's VP and Director of Development, or call (515) 288-1846.