Programs

  • Land Management and Stewardship

    LAND MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITES IN 2024 INCLUDED: PRESCRIBED BURNING CLEARING AGGRESSIVE BRUSH AND TREES AND REMOVING NONNATIVE FORBS AND DISPERSING NATIVE PLANT SEEDS FOR PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION. MUCH OF THIS WORK IS PERFORMED BY VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S 11 REGIONAL CHAPTERS. THOSE CHAPTERS PROTECT AND STEWARD ECOSYSTEMS WITHIN WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND MINNESOTA.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $138.9K

  • Prairie Education and Outreach Program

    EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITES INCLUDE: PRESCRIBED BURN TRAINING DISTRIBUTING A PUBLICATION CALLED THE PRAIRIE PROMOTER HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE WITH VARIOUS LEARNING SESSIONS CONDUCTING FIELD TOURS OF LOCAL PRAIRIES AND SAVANNAS A STAFF ECOLOGIST WHO PERFORMS LANDOWNER VISITS AND PROVIDES MANAGEMENT ADVICE AND OFFERING WORKSHOPS LIKE PLANT AND BUTTERFLY IDENTIFICATION.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $59K

  • Prairie Protection Initiative

    THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTS FOCUS ON PROTECTION OF RARE, FIRE-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST. PROTECTION IS ACHIEVED WITH THE COLLABORATION OF LANDOWNERS THROUGH LAND DONATIONS, PURCHASES, AND EASEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTS. IN 2024, THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTS COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF ONE PARCEL OF LAND THAT IS NOW PROTECTED IN PERPETUITY.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $14.4K