State Wildlife Grants & Illinois Wildlife Action Plan Campaigns

Maps by Anne Hammer and Emily Martin

Sources: Illinois Department of Natural Resources esri.com Projections: Lambert Conformal Conic Illinois State Transverse Mercator Datum: NAD 1927

Tables & Analysis

Participation in the IWAP by Campaign
87.23%
90% 80% 70% 60%

48.94% 36.17% 36.17% 19.15% 23.40% 27.66%

Percentage of Total Projects

50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

S TREAM S FORES T FARM LAND & P RAI RI E WETLANDS I NVAS I VE S P ECI ES LAND & WATER S TEWARDS HI P S P ECI ES OF GREATES T CONS ERVATI ON NEED

Campgain Type

By adding the number of grants in each campaign and dividing by the total number of campaigns, we are able to see where SWG projects are distributed in accordance to the IWAP campaigns. Most grants about 87% - were centralized in the Species of Greatest Conservation Need Campaign. The least participation is found in Forests (19%), Invasive Species (23%) and Land & Water Stewardship (28%).

State Wildlife Grants are scattered across Illinois; but they do follow a trend. As seen in the graph, Sum of Grant Funding Across Campaign, to the right, the Streams Campaign trails behind the Species of greatest Conservation Need Campaign with $1.9 million in grant funding, making Streams the second largest campaign in SWG dollars. This becomes evident on the map, as many grants are clustered along waterways. We can also see that Southern Illinois has many, and some of the largest funded, grants in the state. Northern Illinois by comparison has few even along waterways and nature preserves. In central Illinois, one can see the above-mentioned trend most clearly, as grants meander along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Below is a color-coded map of counties. Areas with a greater number of grant sites are a darker color. Light pink represents counties with 1 site. This color goes up in scale to dark pink, which represents counties with 9-10 sites. Areas without any sites are shown as white.

Sum of Grant Funding Across Campaign Type

$ 3,461,171
$3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000

$ 1,934,873 $ 1,173,711 $ 1,493,790 $ 1,028,744 $ 707,339 $ 837,035

$2,000,000

Sum

$1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 STREAMS FOREST F&P WETLANDS

INVASIVE

L&WS

SGCN

Campaign T ype

Land Type Legend

Counties with SWG Project Sites

Most SWG funding is spent on the Species of Greatest Conservation Need Campaign with $3,461,171. We can see from this grant the SGCN Campaign is a focal point for the SWG grant. Streams and Wetlands account for just over $3.1 million. Forests and Farmland & Prairies have funding numbers between 1 million and $1.9 million, which leaves Invasive Species and LWS under the $1 million mark.

Mason County, 9

Grant Funding per Activity Grant Funding per Activity Type Type
$5,265,920
$4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000

IWAP Campaign & SWG Funding Legend

Dollar Amountt

$2,868,075 $1,307,485 $1,225,182

$2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000

The Illinois Wildlife Action Plan developed by 150 different conservation partners, including the Illinois Department of Natural Resources calls for consolidation of conservation efforts in the state of Illinois. In order to receive federal funding in the form of State Wildlife Grants, all U.S. conservation agencies must participate in such a statewide plan. The IWAP identifies ecological problem areas through various campaign types - Farmland and Prairie, Forests, Wetlands, Streams, Invasive Species, Land and Water Stewardship, and Species of Greatest Conservation Need. These campaigns have corresponding actions, which require on ground implementation. There are also research, planning and data management components involved with overall conservation efforts. These maps show where State Wildlife Grants are located in Illinois, which campaigns are funded by SWG and how much funding is allocated to each project. Giving spatial references to IWAP campaigns will provide the State Wildlife Grant administrators with an overview that is nearly impossible to visualize in written records. Not only will the IDNR be able to monitor the distribution of grant money in accordance to campaign type, but SWG administrators will also be able to use the information contained in these maps and the tables when making future funding decisions. Monroe County, 10

$500,000 $0 Planning Ground/ Implementation Data Management Research

Type of Activity
After summarizing the dollar amount invested in each type of grant - Planning, Ground/Implementation, Data Management and Research - we found that almost half of available federal funding is being used toward Ground/Implementation initiatives ($5,265,920). Research holds the next highest amount at $2,868,075, with Planning and Data Management following closely at $1,307,485 and $1,225,182, respectively.