Special Wildlife Funds - State Pheasant Fund (FY25)

The State pheasant Fund provides grants to appropriate not-for-profit organizations and to governmental entities for projects for the purpose of wild pheasant conservation. This Fund is part of the Special Wildlife Funds Grant Program. Grants through the State Pheasant Fund are competitive and are evaluated for their merit. These funds are provided through the purchase of Illinois Habitat Stamps. Projects that help meet the targeted goals of the Forest and Woodland, Farmland and Prairie, or Wetland Campaigns delineated in the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan Implementation Guide, that offer reasonable costs, that list methods that are feasible and appropriate, and offer public access tend to receive higher scores. Grant funding through this Fund supports activities and programs undertaken to preserve, protect, acquire, manage, and maintain high quality habitat for wild pheasant conservation. Goals include improving habitat quality and connectivity. High quality habitat can be characterized by such parameters as type, native diversity, size, structure, scarcity and location. Connectivity is defined as linkage with neighboring habitat, whether existing or potential. Illinois’ habitat includes all wetlands, bodies of water, woodlands, grasslands and agricultural lands, natural or altered, that support or have the potential to support populations of wild pheasant in any or all phases of their life cycles. See 520 ILCS 5/1.31 for full text of the Pheasant Fund Act. These Funds are governed by Administrative Rule set forth in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3060. The Grantee agrees and understands that the grant shall be administered pursuant to the Administrative Rule and shall comply with these terms and conditions.

State Pheasant Fund

10% de minimus or NICR

Must be organized pursuant to the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 , is in good standing as a not-for-profit corporation and is authorized to conduct affairs in Illinois with one of its purposes as stated in its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws being the support, development, conservation or promotion of wild pheasants.

Quarterly Progress Reports: If the amount of grant funds awarded exceeds $25,000.00, the grantee is required to provide to the DNR quarterly progress reports that describe the progress of the project and expenditures of funds according to the budget line items as detailed in the approved Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance. The Quarterly Progress Report will be due as follows: Period of Work Quarterly Progress Report Due Before January 1 – March 31 April 30 April 1 – June 30 July 31 July 1 – September 30 October 31 October 1 – December 31 January 31 b) Annual or Final Report: The grantee shall submit a written Final Report to the department no later than 30 days following the completion of the Project or the ending date of the grant agreement, whichever is earlier, in accordance with the applicable administrative rules. The Final Report shall include: • Grant Agreement Number • Grantee name, address and telephone number • Time-frame of the report • Name and telephone number or e-mail address of grantee representative completing the report • Project objective as described in the application and grant agreement • Completed Project description, • Summary of the Project accomplishments (if applicable) as follows: for habitat preserved, protected, acquired, managed or improved (list of wildlife and/or native plant resources [by species] that benefit from the Project and how they benefit; acres planted in cool season grasses, warm season grasses, forbs, legumes, shrubs, trees or other appropriate 12 description, including whether the acres were new or replanted; acres sprayed or controlled through the use of herbicides; acres upon which controlled burns were undertaken; acres affected through woody vegetation and/or tree removal; acres planted, disked, mowed, sprayed, or burned; trees/shrubs planted or removed with equipment purchased through the grant; number of cooperators involved in the Project); Total project expenditures itemized to include the following: name and address of vendor, item description identifying details (if applicable), quantity purchased, date item purchased; • Project expenditures paid by funds other than Special Wildlife Grant Funds; Documentation to support the summarized report including a complete list of landowner names and full address (note if absentee owner), acreage location and acres affected by the project. Multiple conservation practices on the same acreage do not multiply the acreage. On habitat development projects where other governmental or private funding programs are involved, the grantee is required to provide detailed information including but not limited to the type of eligible conservation practice completed, the amount ($) of other cost sharing provided, the name of the cost share provider, and length of time committed to maintain the developed habitat area.

Susan J. Duke One Natural Resources Way Springfield, Illinois 62702-1271 217-785-4416 susan.duke@illinois.gov