On August 8, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced that the Wild Resource Conservation Program will continue to accept applications for grants to protect the state’s native biodiversity through September 1.

Overseen by DCNR, the program benefits 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. “This particular grant round is focused on efforts to support Pennsylvania’s wide array of wildlife and native wild plants, which are a part of our beautiful and diverse ecosystem.”

Among this year’s grant priorities are surveys and projects focusing on bird surveys including the night heron, northern harrier, and chimney swift; rare plant genetic conservation and propagation; studies on freshwater amphipods, crayfish species, green salamander, and other species of greatest conservation need.

Launched in 1982, the 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.

To learn more, visit DCNR’s Wild Resource Conservation Program webpage.

Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website, Visit the Good Natured DCNR Blog,  Click Here for upcoming events, Click Here to hook up with DCNR on other social media-- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

Resource Links:

-- Pollinator Gardens: Help Encourage Ecological Diversity In Your Own Backyard  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Native Tree & Shrub Sale Thru Aug. 27

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County 2023 Pollinator Festival Aug. 19 At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, Enola 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- North Branch Land Trust Celebrates Hellbenders With Specially Designed Hellbender Products!  Proceeds Benefit The Trust

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[Posted: August 9, 2023]

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