Information
on Financial Assistance
The Department
of Natural Resources has numerous programs available to assist with recreational,
educational and environmental improvements and projects.
Click
on any of the following links to take you directly to those sections on
our website:
- Recreational
Grants-in-Aid Programs. These include Open Space Land
Acquisition and Development (OSLAD), Boating Access, Open Lands
Trust, and Trails Programs like Bikeway, Snowmobile, Off-Highway
Vehicle, and federal Recreational Trails.
- IL
Conservation Foundation Grant -
Deadline March 31, 2007
- FY'07
Inner City Small Project Initiatives (RFP) - Urban and Community
Forestry Grant Program is providing an opportunity for Illinois based
urban forestry not-for-profits, universities with urban forestry programs
and local units of government to submit an RFP for Inner City projects.
Attached is the RFP outline that needs to be followed. Projects
must be under $5,000 to be eligible
- The Urban
and Community Forestry Assistance Grant provides financial assistance
to local units of government for the development of local urban and
community forestry programs. These activities must help to establish,
manage, conserve and preserve the urban and community forests from inner
city to associated public lands.
- Illinois
Biodiversity Field Trip Grant application - Teachers
may apply to receive funds for natural resources-related field trips
with their students.
- Schoolyard
Habitat Action Grants (Form
for Grant, pdf format) (available to schools, nature centers and
youth groups)
- Volunteer
Fire Assistance Grant Program (VFA Program) - The Division of Forestry
provides grants to fire agencies in communities with populations under
10,000. This program authorizes federal funding to prevent and suppress
rural fires and enhancing protection capabilities by assisting rural
communities with training, equipping, and organizing fire service.
Check out our
VFA site here.
- Special Wildlife
Funds Grant Program. The Office of Resource conservation provides grants through the Illinois
Habitat Fund, State Pheasant Fund, State Furbearer Fund, and the
Migratory Waterfowl Stamp fund that are funded by Illinois sportsmen
through the purchase of Habitat Stamps and Migratory Waterfowl Stamps.
Together these programs are designed to protect, acquire, enhance
or manage wildlife habitat and to support limited research and educational
programes to further advance this mission. The Illinois Wildlife
Preservation Fund Grant Program is designed to preserve, protect,
perpetuate and enhance non-game wildlife and native plant resources
of this state through preservation of a satisfactory environment
and an ecological balance. Additionally, the Maintenance of Wildlife
Rehabilitation Facilities That Take Care of Threatened or Endangered
Species portion of the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund is intended
to keep these facilities in a state of good repair necessary to provide
safe and sanitary conditions for the species and the staff.
- Conservation
2000 Ecosystems Program. Provides grants to Ecosystem Partnerships
for projects that preserve and enhance the region’s resources,
while addressing local economic and recreational concerns. http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/c2000/
- Forestry
Assistance Programs. These include the Rural Forest Landowner
Assistance, the Urban and Community Forestry, Nursery Operations,
Forest Protection and Health Management, Forest Products Industry
Assistance, and Forestry Development Act (FDA) programs.
- Public
Museum Grants Program. Provides capital funds to help public museums
expand and upgrade their facilities and create new exhibits to improve
their ability to advance their mission and provide learning opportunities
for students and other citizens throughout the state.
- Landowners
Guide to Natural Resources Management Incentives
Clean
Vessel Act - Funds available to marinas for the installation
of pumpouts and dump stations for boaters to dispose of human
waste. The program is a cost-reimbursement program, where the
marina covers the full amount of an approved project and is then
reimbursed up to 75% of the project expenses. An application and
manual can be obtained by calling (217) 782-2602 or through e-mail
at specialfunds@dnrmail.state.il.us
There are also financial assistance programs for the environment
and recreation managed by other State of Illinois agencies. Click
on any of these links to go directly to those sites:
- Illinois
Transportation Enhancements Program, managed by the Illinois Department
of Transportation.
- Clean
Lakes Program, managed by the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
- Lake
Education Assistance Plan (LEAP) grants, managed by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency.
- Agricultural
Resource Enhancement Programs, managed by the Illinois Department
of Agriculture.
- Scientific
Literacy Grants, managed by the State Board of Education.
- Schools
Recycling Program grants, managed by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Development.
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