On May 20, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the Wild Resource Conservation Program is accepting applications for grants to protect the state’s native biodiversity.

The deadline for applications is July 16.   Click Here for 2021 grant priorities.

Overseen by DCNR, the program safeguards Pennsylvania’s non-game animals, native plants and their habitat. Grant applications will be accepted in three areas: species surveys, conservation and management.

“These grants help support field research and on-the-ground conservation projects that protect some of our most vulnerable species,” Dunn said. “Programs to reintroduce river otters and fishers in Pennsylvania, preserve and protect rare plant species, and bridge the gap between scientific discovery and good conservation policy are just a few of the many efforts supported by these grants over the years through this program.”

Among this year’s grant priorities are surveys and projects focusing on edible and medicinal plants, effects of fire management on wildlife, the checkered sculpin fish, plant genetics and more.

Launched in 1982, Wild Resource Conservation Program encourages and supports research and protection efforts to conserve Pennsylvania’s diverse native wildlife resources, including bird and mammal species, amphibians and reptiles, insects and wild plants.

Applications only will be accepted electronically through DCNR’s online grant application system.

Visit the Wild Resource Conservation Program to learn more about this program.

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(Photo: Prof. Peter Petokas, Lycoming College Clean Water Institute, Eastern Hellbender, Pennsylvania’s official state amphibian, research supported by the Wild Resource Conservation Program.)

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[Posted: May 20, 2021]

5/24/2021