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Title	Private Stewardship Grants
Description	19 Private Stewardship Grants What are the benefits? For the landowner: Allows private landowners to submit project proposals directly to the Fish and Wildlife Service and offers a low cost- share ratio to assist landowners in implementing conservation measures. For the species: Restores or protects habitats for species, may improve species status, may reduce costs associated with recovery of listed species, and helps build partnerships for the species. Who can participate? Individuals and groups engaged in conservation efforts on privately held lands. In FY 2005, the Service awarded more than $ 5.7 million to private landowners in support of projects that benefit imperiled species. It took about a month to remove the old fence and put in a new one to create a barrier to trash- dumping and redirect traffic that had gone through the nine- acre, wooded wetland to a field. With parents Gale and Vicki providing encouragement, the Larue children— Clayton, Ross, Elena, Bethany, and Alyssa— did the work. Interested in biology, Bethany likes the wetland even more because of the raven’s foot sedge. The plants are now thriving in their protected habitat. The 282- acre farm has been in the Larue family for five generations. For more information: http://www. fws. gov/ endangered/ grants/ private_ stewardship/ index. html Service regional contacts are listed on page 23. “ I have always been extremely concerned with preserving our environment, and I feel that the Private Stewardship Grants Program provided an excellent opportunity to help achieve this goal.” — Bethany Larue “ This was a small grant—$ 8,200— to fence a wetland to protect a State- listed plant species on a family farm. The project was a family initiative. The Fish and Wildlife Service provided the material, and the Larues did everything else. They were a real pleasure to work with.” — Pete Fasbender, Fish and Wildlife Service Courtesy of the Gale Larue family Courtesy of USDA
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Date created	2006-03-28
Date modified	2008-07-21