Success Stories

Illinois

• Cutting edge Chronic Wasting Disease research on deer herds across Illinois/Wisconsin border
  
  
• Illinois leads the charge for developing early detection tools for White-Nose Syndrome across the country
  
  
• Expanding long-term monitoring of fisheries resources to Ohio and Wabash Rivers in Illinois
  
  
• More than a century of bird and habitat monitoring data in Illinois

Indiana

• Safe and convenient harbor for Lake Michigan boaters in Michigan City, Indiana
  
  
• Connecting public land, improving recreation and benefiting wildlife along the Muscatatuck River in Indiana
  
  
• Protecting riparian wetland areas along 94 miles of the Wabash River in Indiana

Iowa

• Recreation Opportunities at Lost Grove Lake in eastern Iowa
  
  
• Educating shooters and hunters in Iowa

Michigan

• Long-term, standardized data collection for Michigan fisheries

Minnesota

• Learning from the hunting, fishing, boating and shooting sports industries in Minnesota (8.5 MB .pdf file)
  
  
• Download 3 minute clip of listening session (54MB .mpg file)

Missouri

• Comprehensive statewide fisheries management in Missouri

Ohio

• Development of the Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership (OBCP) at Ohio State University (OSU)

Wisconsin

• Practical, applied fisheries research in Wisconsin
  
  
• Improving efficiency at Wild Rose State Fish Hatchery in Wisconsin
  

Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota Joint Project

• Restoring and Protecting Habitat for Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Driftless Area