Indiana Grant Summaries

2003 Council Grants:

Girl Scouts of Singing Sands

Project Title: Butterfly Garden

Project Description: A Cadette Girl Scout troop created a butterfly garden on school property. This garden was designed to provide habitat for butterflies including endangered species native to Michigan. It also serves as a hands-on research station for the school's science department who is currently working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make it an official butterfly counting facility. Girls improved their problem solving skills, learned how to develop and manage a budget, developed a stronger work ethic and earned their Silver Award.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: FWS

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Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 12

Diversity: 0.0% American Indian/Alaskan; 0.0% Asian/Pacific Islander; 0.0% Black; 0.0% Hispanic; 100% White

2005 Council Grants:

Girl Scouts of Shagbark

Project Title: Aquatic Investigation

Project Description: Girls improved water quality and created and enhanced habitats for native animals and plant species by creating a wetlands area at a Girl Scout camp. Girls increased their wetlands management, scientific research skills--including soil and water testing, and broadened their knowledge about aquatic habitats, native plants and animals and their inter-relationships within the aquatic ecosystem. Participants created field kits for other troops, hosted a community wide celebration and earned the Girl Scout Silver Award.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: Department of Natural Resources Region V, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 468

Shemamo Girl Scout Council of Illinois

Project Title: Make Daffodil Valley Bloom Again

Project Description: A continuation of a four-year project to reclaim a 4.5 acre site, “Daffodil Valley,” and an adjoining ten-acre parcel of privately-owned land into a natural habitat consisting of prairie, savanna, upland woods, bottomland, and wetlands for the release of injured and orphaned wildlife rehabilitated through the Illinois Raptor Center. Girls planted trees, identified plants and animals, adopted birds, including studying the migration patterns and the nocturnal behaviors of birds, and installed and maintained footpaths.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 149

2006 Council Grants:

Girl Scouts of the Mississippi Valley

Project Title: Restoring Iowa Prairies-Phase 2

Project Description: Because native tallgrass prairie is now less than 0.1% of the original region, a sustainable management plan will be developed to ensure the health and growth of the recently restored two-acre prairie habitat at Camp Conestoga. The endangered Eastern Prairie Fringe Orchid will be introduced to the prairie, pending a positive evaluation from the USDI-FWS. Girls will develop a prairie/environmental education curriculum to be delivered during resident camp and available to troops and groups year round. Through hands-on environmental education activities, girls will become leaders and stewards of conservation and natural resource issues. Through this partnership, girls will network with agency staff to explore careers in science, environmental science, and the outdoors and understand the importance of safeguarding native habitats.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: USDI Fish & Wildlife Service-Rock Island Field Office

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 1,000

Girl Scouts of Trailways Council

Project Title: Field of Dreams

Project Description: Girls will participate in the restoration of a tallgrass prairie to discover their own natural heritage. The girls will visit the prairie quarterly to partake in hands-on seasonal restoration activities including plant propagation, removal of invasive species, avian ecology, aquatic plant and animal monitoring, and landscape genealogy.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: USDA Forest Service-Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 100

Water | Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds

Indiana Grant Summaries

2003 Council Grants

2005 Council Grants

2006 Council Grants