Opportunities For Landowners
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides technical assistance to solve land management problems, identify partners, and coordinate restoration work on private lands. |
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program concentrates on restoring degraded freshwater and saltwater wetlands, riparian (stream-side) habitat, and habitat for migratory songbirds, endangered and threatened species, and fishes.
Restoration costs may be shared by any combination of governmental agencies, private organizations, and the private landowner. Cost-effective restoration projects that provide the greatest fish and wildlife benefit for the least money are most likely to receive attention from the Partners program. Assistance is provided on a priority basis and dependent upon availability of funds. The landowner must commit to maintaining restored habitat for a minimum of ten years.
We work with private landowners in 21 counties in Illinois to restore native prairie, floodplain forest, riparian corridors, and a variety of wetland habitats. We provide technical assistance and cost share assistance to our cooperators as a means of realizing our mutual habitat restoration and enhancement goals.
Private landowners in Central Illinois who are interested in habitat restoration should contact the Illinois Private Lands Office at 309-757-5800.
