Urban Wildlife Damage Abatement and Control (UWDAC)

Eligible Projects

• Eligible urban areas list (see the attached pdf)
• Developing an urban wildlife population control plan.
• Monitoring wildlife populations and establishing population estimates.
• Removing deer using sharpshooters as part of a DNR approved project.
• Trapping deer and geese.
• Implementing managed hunts.
• Removing resident Canada geese by approved DNR methods.
• Performing required health and tissue sampling.
• Processing, distributing or disposing of geese or deer to a charitable organization. Modifying habitat.
• Implementing any other wildlife control or damage abatement practices approved by the DNR.

The following criteria will be used to rank applications for grant awards:

• The extent that the application addresses prevention and abatement of nuisance wildlife problems or wildlife damage to human safety, health, property;
• The extent that the application includes long-term solutions to wildlife problems such as habitat modification or adopting a "no wildlife feeding" ordinance;
• The cost-effectiveness of the plan or project;
• The severity of the wildlife damage or nuisance problem addressed by the application; 
• The likelihood of preventing the specified damage or nuisance.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

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