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Partners and ContributorsConservation PartnersAudubon: Important Bird Areas Program Friends of the Big Bureau Creek Watershed - A Coalition for Clean Water Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Department of Fisheries Illinois Nature Preserve Commission U.S. Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Current Corporate, Foundation, and Government FundersBuchanan Family Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Drive Current, Inc. (1% for the Planet member) Ecolab Foundation Full Circle Foundation Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation KOR Water (1% for the Planet member) NAWCA (North American Wetlands Conservation Act) Small Grants Program Patagonia (1% for the Planet member) Pheasants Forever Tallgrass Chapter #779 Siragusa Foundation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Targeted Watershed Grants Program USDA Natural Resouces Conservation Service - Conservation Innovation Grant William Blair & Company Foundation Winnetka Garden Club
2011 Event SponsorsLead Sponsor: Sponsors: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. Contributors: Peggy and Steve Goulding
2011 In-Kind DonorsBDT Capital Partners, LLC Ed and Susan Chandler Dick Schroeder
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Memberships and coalitions 1% for the Planet is an alliance of businesses committed to donating at least 1% of their annual profits to environmental organizations worldwide. The Wetlands Initiative is a nonprofit recipient member. Chicago Wilderness is a regional alliance of more than 250 organizations working together to restore local nature and connect people with it to improve the quality of life for all. The Wetlands Initiative is a member of the Mississippi River Network, a coalition of 39 nonprofit organizations and businesses working from Minnesota to the Gulf to protect the land, water, and people of America's greatest River. The Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway unites more than 100 natural and cultural points of interest throughout the Illinois River Valley. The Wetlands Initiative's Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes is a registered waypoint through the Princeton gateway. |
“The Wetlands Initiative has been a key partner in restoration work at Midewin. Their contributions have helped restore areas that the Forest Service would not have been able to restore alone."
— Wade Spang,
Midewin Prairie Supervisor
The Wetlands Initiative is dedicated to restoring the wetland resources of the Midwest to improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat and biodiversity, and reduce flood damage.
