| Recipient | Amount | Description | Report |
| Madison County Conservation Board | $500 |
Purchase and installation of a Motus tower at Pammel State Park. This tower would be an addition to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System throughout the world. This system uses radio telemetry to track many bird species, along with other animals, and plays a crucial role in their research. |
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| Buena Vista County Conservation ~ Katie Struss | $497 |
Buena Vista County Conservation’s goal in purchasing the egg replicas is to raise awareness and provide education about local birds to all residents of Buena Vista County. The naturalist sees on average over 9,000 Buena Vista County residents a year. |
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| Sac County Conservation Board | $300 |
Birds Eye View will allow us to purchase and have live stream cameras available for viewing 24/7. The goal of our Birds Eye View project is to educate Sac County residents about the feeding habits and nesting habits of the birds of Iowa. |
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| Iowa Bird Rehabilitation | $1,000 |
Build four new aviaries: hummingbirds, small songbirds, American Kestrel (education bird, non-flighted), and Short-eared Owl (education bird, non-flighted). We specialize in the rehabilitation of Iowa's wild bird population. IBR benefits Iowa's wild bird population through rescue and rehabilitation work; we also involve communities locally and across Iowa by helping the public to understand bird behavior and how to co-exist with birds. |
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| Polk County Conservation Board | $803 |
Conducting avian surveys of Brown's Woods Park in West Des Moines. A combination of migratory and breeding bird surveys will be performed, as well as some vegetation analysis to determine current bird use of the park. This standardized survey will be able to be repeated in future years. |
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| Tallgrass Prairie Chapter of the Iowa Audubon Society | $400 |
The common nighthawk has adapted well to urban habitats, where city lights draw abundant insects, expanding the bird’s hunting window, and where flat pea gravel rooftops have provided a suitable nesting substrate. This project aims to determine whether nighthawks will use small artificial nesting pads installed on rubberized rooftops and employ volunteer citizen scientists to monitor them throughout the summer. |
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| Friends of the Ledges, Inc. | $1,000 |
Ledges State Park Invasive Shrub Removal. Surveys indicate that heavy stands of honeysuckle, barberry, autumn olive and multiflora rose are degrading over 60 acres of Important Bird Area habitat. The project would utilize resource management crews to remove the heaviest infestations in the fall of 2023. Volunteer work crews from Friends of the Ledges and other groups will remove invasive shrubs from less heavily infested areas, and monitor and follow up on invasive shrub control for years to come. |
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| Iowa Young Birders | $500 |
Iowa Young Birders received a grant to pilot deploying 10 birding backpacks in 5 public libraries across Iowa as a pilot in the spring of 2023. We intend to expand the initial pilot effort by deploying an additional 8 birding backpacks in 4 partnering public libraries strategically located near areas designated as either Iowa Audubon Important Bird Areas and / or Iowa DNR Bird Conservation Areas. |
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| Polk County Conservation Board | $35,000 |
The Polk County Conservation Board seeks support to construct a wildlife viewing area for viewing birds at the Brenton Slough near Grimes, IA. This area will be purchase by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, and then deeded over to Polk County in the future to protect and maintain. This area has been a magnet for birders and nature enthusiasts for years due to the diversity of wildlife that uses the sprawling natural area and aquatic resources. PCC wants to encourage and expand safe recreational use of this area, as well as provide increased educational opportunities for the public to learn about this amazing natural amenity and the wildlife that utilize the area. |
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