Landowner Incentive Program
Additional Landowner Resources, References, & Links

• Management Plans
• Additional Funding/Resources
• Inventory and Monitoring
• Mapping
• Land Management
• General
• Natural Communities
• Birds
• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Plant Species
• Invertebrates
• Invasive Species
• Contractors and Consultants
• Conservation Organizations
• Publications

Management Plans

Putting Pen To Paper: Developing a Management Plan [PDF 409KB]
Sample Management Plan for a LIP Project [PDF 28KB]

Private Landowner Management Plan Template (compiled by the Aldo Leopold Foundation's Woodland School) [PDF 22KB]

Getting the Help You Need: Finding Additional Resources [PDF 4.7MB]
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Private Landowner Forestry Assistance Program Guide
Guide to Conservation Programs for Landowners [PDF 151KB]

How to Inventory and Monitor Your Land [PDF 1.8MB]
Citizen Based Monitoring Network of Wisconsin

WDNR Web View
County Government: Some counties have web-based mapping capabilities with air photos and sometimes soil maps, check your county website.

Grassland Protocols
Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
LIP Standard Rates [PDF 7KB]

WI’s Wildlife Action Plan
WI’s NHI Working List
WI’s At-risk Species and Natural Communities
WI’s Ecological Landscapes
NatureServe species information
Federally Listed Species in WI

Natural Communities of Wisconsin
State Natural Areas

E-bird
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas
WI All Bird Plan
Savanna and Oak Woodland Restorations are Helping Birds [PDF exit DNR]

Publications on the Effect of Woody Vegetation on Grassland Nesting Birds [PDF 144KB]

Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Midwest

WI State Herbarium
Atlas of the WI Prairie/Savanna Flora
Freckmann Herbarium – UW-Stevens Point

Karner Blue Butterfly HCP

Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
The Nature Conservancy Global Invasive Species Initiative
Control of Multiflora Rose [PDF 161KB]

Prescribed Fire Contractors Restoration Consultants and Contractors [PDF 44KB]

Gathering Waters Conservancy
The Prairie Enthusiasts
The Nature Conservancy
Blue Mounds Area Project
Pheasants Forever

Vegetation of Wisconsin- book
Curtis, John. 1959. UW Press, Madison, WI.

Wisconsin’s Natural Communities
Hoffman, Randy. 2002. UW Press, Madison, WI.

Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
Cochrane, Theodore, Kandis Elliot, & Claudia S. Lipke. 2006. UW Press, Madison, WI.

Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest- book
Czarapata, Elizabeth. 2005. UW Press, Madison, WI