WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & NATURE APPRECIATION FUND
Foster conservation, understanding and appreciation of Kansas’ natural resources.
While the department is known to many people as devoted to hunting and fishing, those activities comprise only a portion of our work. The Wildlife Conservation and Nature Appreciation Fund trains the spotlight on some of the agency’s non-game wildlife conservation and nature education activities. This fund is focused on non-game, non-consumptive uses such as wildlife watching, nature appreciation, aquatic nuisance species awareness and prevention, natural history education and conservation of threatened and endangered species and their habitats.
Make an unrestricted donation to the Wildlife Conservation and Nature Appreciation Fund to be used for any program or project in the Fund that the department views as a priority. You also may dedicate your gift to be spread across a selection of two or more programs or projects of your choice.
Make an unrestricted donation to the Nature Appreciation Program to help fund a worthy project of the department’s choosing. Or you may choose to support one or more of the following planned or established projects:
- Chickadee Checkoff
- Backyard Habitat Improvement Program
- Kansas Birding Big Year Competition
- Wildlife Education Service
- Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS)
- KS EcoMeets
- Special Events
Museums and Nature Centers Program
Make an unrestricted donation to the Museums and Nature Centers Program to help fund a worthy project of the department’s choosing. Or you can choose to support one or more of the following planned or established projects:
- Pratt Nature Center
- Milford Nature Center
- Great Plains Nature Center
- Kansas Wetlands Education Center
- Southeast Kansas Nature Center
- KC Wildlife Education Services
Kansas Aquatic Species Recovery Program (Unrestricted)
Make your unrestricted donation to the Kansas Aquatic Species Recovery Program will help the department to reintroduce and establish self-sustaining populations of imperiled species to recover and delist those species. This includes funding for the acquisition of animals such as the Alligator Snapping Turtle and Neosho Mucket for reintroduction, monitoring and tracking animals reintroduced and track their recovery success.
Biodiversity Monitoring and Survey Program (Unrestricted)
Your unrestricted donation to the Biodiversity Monitoring and Survey Program will help the department survey and assess species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) and their habitats. Survey efforts will improve the understanding of species with limited information and potentially facilitate greater in-depth investigations of their distribution and associated habitats in Kansas. Such work will also inform and engage the public and various stakeholder groups regarding the status of Kansas' native species.
Your unrestricted donation to the Biodiversity Monitoring and Survey Program will help the department monitor and track stream fauna and habitats around the state.
How Your Donation May Be Used
Education and public awareness, materials, publications and displays, enhancement, construction, interpretation, equipment and supplies. Grants to schools (OWLS), matching grant funds. Acquisition and propagation of animals for reintroduction, supplies and materials needed to conduct reintroductions, monitoring of reintroduced animals, working with private landowners to obtain access for releases. New exhibits, repair, maintenance, education programming and planning.
How Your Donation May Be Used
Public awareness, materials, equipment and supplies.
To donate to the Wildlife Conservation & Nature Appreciation Fund, send your check or money order to:
WildTrust
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
512 SE 25th Ave..,
Pratt, KS 67124-8174
For More Information call or email:
620-672-5911
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