Press Releases

July 2010:

Counting Heads, Wings, Roots and More at a Superior BioBlitz

Counting Heads, Wings, Roots and More at a Cedarburg Bog BioBlitz

June 2010:

Counting Heads, Wings, Roots and More at a Door County BioBlitz

April 2010:

Friends of Devil's Lake Create Permanent Fund To Support Park 

March 2010:

In Tough Economy These College Grads Make Green by "Doing" Green

Public-Private Partnership Protects Wisconsin's Birds in Costa Rica

August 2009:

Wisconsin's Bat Ecologist Puts His Money Where His Bats Are With New Endowment

May 2009:

Friends Create Endowment for Governor Dodge State Park

April 2009:

ATC Environmental Stewardship Fund Makes a Million Dollar Difference for Conservation in Wisconsin

March 2009:

Bats, Birds, and Shocking Fish: Natural Resources Foundation Announces 2009 Summer Field Trip Season

Friends of Wyalusing Create Endowment for State Park 

Natural Resources Foundation Makes Major Gift to Support Wisconsin DNR Conservation Programs

September 2008:

Wisconsin Responds to Global Bird Report (PDF)

May 2008:

Son Honors Father and Father's Friend With Gift To Protect The Flambeau River State Forest

Quiet Conservation Hero Honored With Riverway Dedication

Natural Resources Foundation And AmeriCorps Join Forces For Largest Invasive Plant Battle In Wisconsin 

November 2007:

Applied Ecological Services “Adopts” Swenson Wet Prairie State Natural Area

Waste Management "Adopts” Berlin Fen State Natural Area

Besadny Grants 2008

October 2007: Chippewa Flowage Fund-Statewide

September 2007: Zeller Legacy Lives On through Foundation Gift

September 2007: Foundation awards Gift to Lower Wisconsin Riverway

June 2007: We Energies Adopts Spread Eagle Barrens

June 2007: ATC Funds

April 2007: Bird Enthusiasts Create Endowment for Important Bird Areas

March 2007: 2007 Besadny Awards

December 2006: Anonymous Donor Creates Fund for Turtle Flambeau Flowage

December 2006: UW Honorary Fellow Creates Rare Plant Preservation Fund

August 2006: Memorializing a Conservation Legacy- NRF creates Paul & Alice Olson Memorial Fund to support endangerd prairie chickens

July 2006: NRF Awards $170,000 to the DNR

June, 2006: Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine- Sowing Seeds of Hope- NRF Celebrates 20 Years of Conservation

November 4, 2005: NRF Announces 2006 Besadny Grant Cycle

August 8, 2005: NRF Creates Lower WI State Riverway Fund

February 28, 2005: NRF Announces 2005 Besadny Grant Awards

September 22, 2004: NRF Awards $100,000 to DNR for Endangered Resources Programs

June 28, 2004: NRF Allocates over $38,000 to the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership

March 31, 2004: NRF accepted into Community Shares of Wisconsin

March 26, 2004: NRF Announces State Natural Areas Kick-off Event

February 27, 2004: NRF Announces 2004 C.D. Besadny Grants Recipients

October 27, 2003: NRF Offers Besadny Grants for Small-Scale Conservation Efforts