The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said donations made to the Endangered Resources Fund on Wisconsin income tax forms will be matched.
Each dollar donated through the tax checkoff is doubled by state funding. The state can also use donations to apply for grants that require fund matching, meaning the DNR could turn a $25 donation into $100.
Donations help support conservation efforts for rare plants, animals — like the endangered Karner blue butterfly and rusty patched bumble bee — and state natural areas.
Wisconsin is also home to the country’s largest system of state natural areas. Nearly 75% of Wisconsin’s endangered and threatened wildlife species and 90% of endangered and threatened plant species are found in these places.
“When you support the Endangered Resources Fund, it supports our team’s on-the-ground conservation efforts and helps us collaborate with volunteers and partners to prevent the loss of species across our state,” Drew Feldkirchner, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation bureau director, said in a statement.
