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• $60 million available
annually through 2010
o $8 million available for non-profit conservation
organizations
o $8 million available for local units of government
• Represents one-half
of 1% of total state budget
• Stewardship
Fund has helped complete land protection projects in 71
of Wisconsin’s 72 counties (all but
Menomonee)
• 480,000 acres of conservation
and recreation land protected since 1989
• 92% of all lands protected
by the Stewardship Fund are open for public hunting;
97% are open for public fishing and other types
of recreation. Those that are not
open to hunting include heavily-used parks and trails like Lakeshore
State Park
and the Hank Aaron Trail in Milwaukee, the Ice Age Trail and the
Green Circle
Trail around Stevens Point.
 • 45
individual non-profit organizations and over 400 local units
of government have received matching
grants from the Stewardship Fund demonstrating the
widespread public support for land conservation
and the urgent need for
recreational land in the state
• Land trusts have raised $60
million in private
and federal money to match
Stewardship Fund grants and protect some of our most
critical wildlife habitats
and natural resources.
• Local units of government have raised $75
million to match Stewardship Fund
grants and provide recreational opportunities in some of our most
populated
parts of the state.
• 89% of acres protected
are WI Dept of Natural
Resources projects
• 8% of acres protected are non-profit
conservation organization projects
• 3% of acres protected are local
government projects
• Wisconsin spends more than 5
times per capita on highways than what it spends per capita
on parks and recreation
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If you have any questions or need extra assistance,
please contact Vicki Elkin at stewardship [at] gatheringwaters.org. |
