Landowner Incentive Program
Additional Landowner Resources, References, & Links

• Management Plans
• Additional Funding/Resources
• Inventory and Monitoring
• Maps and Mapping Tools
• Land Management
• General
• Natural Communities
• Birds
• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Plant Species
• Invertebrates
• Invasive Species Control
• Contractors and Consultants
• Conservation Organizations
• Publications
• In the Field: Landowner Stories

Management Plans

Private Landowner Management Plan Template (compiled by the Aldo Leopold Foundation's Woodland School) [PDF 22KB]
Putting Pen To Paper: Developing a Management Plan [PDF 409KB]
Creating an Invasive Plant Management Plan [PDF 126KB]
Sample Management Plan for a LIP Project [PDF 28KB]

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]
US Fish and Wildlife Service: Partners for Fish and Wildlife Private Landowner Program

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

WDNR WebView
Wisconsin's landcover in the 1800s
County websites: Most county governments in Wisconsin (66 of 72 or 92%) have developed publicly accessible, interactive web mapping sites. Find your county here...
Wisconsin Soil Maps

Land Management Training (through The Woodland School)
Savanna Oak Foundation

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

Natural Communities of Wisconsin
State Natural Areas

How to Manage your Land to Help Birds
Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
E-bird
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas
Wisconsin's All Bird Plan
Savanna and Oak Woodland Restorations are Helping Birds

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

Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Midwest

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

Karner Blue Butterfly HCP
Hine's Emerald Dragonfly

Buckthorn Report (2008 Aldo Leopold Foundation)
Canada Goldenrod Control
Identifying and Controlling Invasive Species (videos)
DNR's Invasive Species Web pages
Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
Control of Multiflora Rose [PDF 161KB]
Phragmites Control
Phragmites References (UW-Extension)

Prescribed Fire Contractors
Restoration Contractors
How to Hire a Contractor for Land Management Activities
Hiring a Consulting Forester/Timber Harvests

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

The Vegetation of Wisconsin: an Ordination of Plant Communities
Curtis, John T. 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
Czarapata, Elizabeth. 2005. UW Press, Madison, WI

Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
Black and Judziewicz. 2008. UW- Stevens Point Press (Cornerstone Press). Stevens Point, WI

Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities
Diekelmann and Schuster. 2002. UW Press, Madison, WI

My Experiences with an Alien Invasion: Japanese Hedge Parsley [PDF] by Chuck Bauer