Projects Funded by the IOU

IOU Projects Committee

Funding for natural history projects, be it research, habitat restoration, or land acquisition, is not always easy. Although we are not a wealthy organization, we are proud of some of our recent accomplishments of partnering with other funders to make a difference for Iowa's birds. The table below shows the projects funded. If you would like to help fund some of these intersting projects, please return to our committee page and click on the "Donate to the Projects Fund" button.

Year

FundingYear

recID

Year

Recipient

Amount

Description

Report


Year: 2012 Total Awards: $8000
21	2012	Hurstville Interp. Center	$500 500	Construction of a Chimney Swift tower.
22	2012	Iowa Wildlife Center	$500 500	High Trestle Raptor Project
23	2012	Iowa County Cons. Board	$500 500	Bird I.D. Teacher Pack at Lake Iowa Park.
24	2012	Lee County Cons. Board	$500 500	Keokuk Bald Eagle Days celebration.
25	2012	Courtney Duchardt	$500 500	Study of grassland bird nest site selection in Ringgold County.
20	2012	Woodbury CCB	$1,000 1000	Raptor enclosure at Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center.
27	2012	Chad Graeve	$1,000 1000	Hitchcock Hawkwatch raptor banding projects.
19	2012	Iowa Young Birders	$1,500 1500	A new non-profit organization encouraging younger Iowans to consider birding and to enhance their appreciation of the outdoors.
26	2012	Jon Stravers	$2,000 2000	Cerulean Warbler monitoring project in NE Iowa.
		Total (9 items):	$8000
Year: 2011 Total Awards: $5000
8	2011	Jonathan Meerbeek	$600 600	Monitor and evaluate the ecological conditions of Iowa’s shallow lakes, pre- and post-renovation
6	2011	Timothy Lyons	$1,360 1360	Study effects of a fire-grazing interaction on the nesting ecology of a grassland songbird	Report
7	2011	Ron Huelse	$1,500 1500	Gladys Black eagle nest cam project	Report
9	2011	Chad Graeve	$1,540 1540	Hitchcock Hawkwatch raptor banding projects
		Total (4 items):	$5000
Year: 2010 Total Awards: $3000
14	2010	Anna MacDonald	$100 100	Avian community composition and habitat use within watersheds of contrasting annual-perennial vegetation configurations
12	2010	Iowa DNR	$400 400	Monitoring and Evaluating the Ecological Condition of Iowa’s Shallow Lakes	Report
11	2010	Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation	$600 600	Story County Habitat Protection and Restoration
13	2010	Hitchcock Nature Center	$900 900	Hitchcock Hawkwatch Raptor Banding	Report
10	2010	Quad City Audubon Society	$1,000 1000	Winter 2010-11 Milan Bottoms Bald Eagle Night Roost Monitoring
		Total (5 items):	$3000
Year: 2009 Total Awards: $3000
5	2009	Pottawattamie County Conservation	$750 750	Hitchcock Hawk Watch	Report
4	2009	Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation	$1,000 1000	Purchase of a 168-acre parcel in Story County composed of remnant prairie and adjacent to other protected property
3	2009	Mitchell County Conservation Board	$1,250 1250	Farm-land purchase
		Total (3 items):	$3000
Year: 2008 Total Awards: $2000
1	2008	Friends of the Sherman Swift Tower	$1,000 1000	Re-creation of the Sherman Swift Tower in Clayton County
2	2008	Larry Stone & Jon Stravers	$1,000 1000	Gladys Black book
		Total (2 items):	$2000
Year: 2007 Total Awards: $6000
18	2007	Pottawattamie Co. Conservation Board	$750 750	Raptor banding research at the Hitchcock Hawk Watch	Report
16	2007	Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation	$1,500 1500	Purchase of 93 acres of critical habitat on the east side of Big Spirit Lake in Dickinson Co.
17	2007	The Nature Conservancy of Iowa	$1,750 1750	Habitat improvement and evaluation at the Broken Kettle Grasslands in Plymouth Co.
15	2007	Winnebago County Conservation Board	$2,000 2000	Purchase of 105 acres of critical habitat along the Winnebago River Greenbelt
		Total (4 items):	$6000

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