 Federal
Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest
National
Arbor Day Poster Contest
Biodiversity
Field Trip Grant Application
Click
here to see a list of the 2007 Illinois Biodiversity
Field Trip Grant winners! Read about more 2007
winners, too!
Listen to our Biodiversity Field Trip Grant podcast
for helpful hints about completing the grant application (text
version)
Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant Program Application Form
Download the application form. PDF Version or Microsoft Word Version
Click
here to review a list of the 2007 Schoolyard Habitat
Action Grant recipients!
See
photos of the 2006 recipients'
projects!
Listen to our Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant podcast
to learn more about the application process (text
version).
Native Plants
Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant applicants are strongly encouraged to use native Illinois plants in their wildlife habitat area. If you are unsure of what plants are native to the state, you can find information on the IDNR and other Web sites and through publications offered by the IDNR and other agencies. Some examples are listed below.
For Your Garden - at least one native species is featured each month
The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois - provides much information about Illinois prairies and their inhabitants
IDNR Publications - many publications are available including
- Landscaping for Wildlife
- Butterfly Gardens
- Illinois Wetlands
- Prairie Establishment and Landscaping
- posters: Habitats are Homes; Illinois Prairie Wildflowers; Illinois Trees; Illinois Trees, Volume II; Illinois Fall Colors
Illinois Natural History Survey Publications
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