New Mexico’s Share With Wildlife Program Accepting Project Ideas for Funding
OutdoorHub 05.07.12
Share with Wildlife, a Department of Game and Fish program that funds wildlife in need, especially nongame wildlife, is accepting proposals for project ideas for funding consideration during the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Proposals will be accepted through June 1 for projects that benefit New Mexico wildlife through biological and ecological studies, conservation education, habitat conservation, and wildlife rehabilitation. Proposals will be considered for projects that begin from January through June 2013, and run for 12 months or less. Multi-year projects may be implemented through annual re-submission to the Share with Wildlife call for proposals. No matching funds are required.
Details about the types of projects eligible for funding, and how to apply are available on the department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us. For more information, please contact the program coordinator, Chuck Hayes, chuck.hayes@state.nm.us or (505) 944-5477.
Share with Wildlife is a program of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, supported exclusively by donations. Its mission is to assist all New Mexico wildlife in need, no matter what species. The program is particularly committed to helping those species that do not receive funding from any other source, including many endangered and threatened species. In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the program spent $165,000 funding 28 projects.
Share with Wildlife was initiated by the state legislature in 1981. The program was created to “provide additional wildlife funds to perpetuate the renewable wildlife resource of New Mexico that gives so much pleasure and recreation to all New Mexicans.” The means established for collecting these additional funds was a “check-off” on the state income tax form for those who receive a refund. Share with Wildlife receives most of its funding through the state income tax check-off and federal grants, but also accepts mail-in contributions.
