Idaho artist Marcus Pierce was chosen to design and paint the mural. Working for several months under tarps and plastic, the mural will be unveiled to the public on First Thursday, May 2, with festivities beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The project was made possible by the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Mrs. Willow A. Hahn, The Prestel Family, Lori Schram, Mick and Joey Chase, the Pierose/Leasure families as a gift to their parents, and the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery.

The Morrison Knudsen Nature Center is located behind Idaho Fish and Game headquarters, 600 South Walnut, in Boise.

On May 2, visit the Foundation’s giving page at
http://idahogives.razoo.com/story/Idaho-Fish-And-Wildlife-Foundation.

Your donation will support the Foundation’s work for the public good:

• Habitat preservation and rehabilitation;

• Developing resources and holding funds, lands and conservation easements for public benefit.

• Conservation education for children of all ages.

Share this opportunity with your family and friends. Idaho’s wildlife needs you!

To qualify for grant support, projects generally address one or more of the following areas:

• Habitat Conservation: Projects that aid in the protection, restoration or improvement of habitats.
• Fish and Wildlife Management: Projects that apply management principles to protect or enhance fish and wildlife.
• Education and Outreach: Projects that help educate Idahoans of all ages about the state’s wildlife resources.

Click here > to download our most recent guidelines and application form.

The deadline for applications is June 1, 2013. Funding will be announced August 31, 2013.

Teton Regional Land Trust received funding in 2012 to restore and increase protective riparian cover for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, waterbirds, and wintering Trumpeter swans along the Teton River. The Teton River Riparian Restoration project included restoring and enhancing riparian habitat along the Teton River and increasing cover by woody speciies in the riparian corridor by installing approximmatley 1,175 dormant willow poles, 450 native trees and shrubs and 11,750 square feet of native sod along the streambank.

The primary goal of Teton Regional Land Trust, Graham Wildlife Habitat Restoration Project is to re-connect riparian and upland vegetation, between the two reference sites, that will improve productivity of wetland and riparian breeding birds by establishing dense riparian cover and large woody vegetation suitable for nesting and brood-rearing. Additional benefits will be improving secure cover for movement provided to other wildlife species such as moose, elk, and white-tailed deer, improving available nesting habitat for neo-tropical bird species, and improving secure cover for amphibians, and reptiles.

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Terry Thomas has been a professional wildlife biologist for 26 years. He has written a weekly Nature column for the Post Register of Idaho Falls for 15 years. Terry‘s wife Cathy is a registered nurse and together they have five great kids and nine grandkids.

To qualify for grant support, projects generally address one or more of the following areas:

• Habitat Conservation:  Projects that aid in the protection, restoration or improvement of habitats.
• Fish and Wildlife Management:  Projects that apply management principles to protect or enhance fish and wildlife.
• Education and Outreach:  Projects that help educate Idahoans of all ages about the state’s wildlife resources.

Click here > to download our most recent guidelines and application form.

The deadline for applications is June 1, 2013. Funding will be announced August 31, 2013.

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