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How to tell if your community is a candidate to become a
Bird City: |
Recipients of Bird City Wisconsin recognition will receive two street
signs that can be displayed at entrances to the community. (They also
may purchase additional signs.)
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- Is your community already a Tree
City USA? Then you understand the process and
conservation principles.
- Look at Bird City's qualifying
criteria. If you see a number of
requirements that your community already meets and
think you might qualify in the early phase,
see our online application, which includes the
necessary instructions:
- If you like the Bird
City idea but think your community has some work to
do and want help implementing "bird-friendly"
strategies,
contact us and we
will put together a team to work with you to get
ready to apply.
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In browsing our site,
you will see that our plan is a simple one: Bird City Wisconsin
is patterned after the nationally recognized Tree City USA.
Currently, Wisconsin boasts 180 Tree Cities, ranking the state
third in the nation. Bird City Wisconsin will certify
urban/suburban/rural communities that apply and successfully
meet criteria for education, habitat management, species
management, and limiting or removing hazards to birds.
Through meeting
these criteria, a community will take actions that benefit birds
while earning an array of awards: highway signs, a flag, and a
plaque.
Criteria for Becoming a Bird City.
We believe that
citizens who have an opportunity to live in or already are
living in a Bird City will take pride in this fact and not only
urge their governmental officials to participate in the Bird
City program but also will take individual actions to benefit
our birds.
The application
process is now open. It's time for municipal officials, as well
as conservation-minded groups and individuals, to take stock of
the situation and to do what it takes to make their community
the next Bird City Wisconsin.
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Note:
Bird City's recognition year runs from April 1 to March 31. Communities
that applied and received recognition prior to April 1, 2011, need to
file their renewal application by Jan. 15, 2012. Communities that
applied and received recognition later in 2011 were awarded recognition
through March 31, 2013, will not need to seek renewal until Jan. 15,
2013. Applications will not be processed without the requested
documentation and attachments. Also, please enclose a nonrefundable
application fee of $100 in a check made payable to Milwaukee
Audubon Society/Bird City Wisconsin.
When a community is initially
certified as a Bird City Wisconsin, the following items will be provided
free of charge
to publicly celebrate that recognition:
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Two,
22"x 25" street signs with the Bird City Wisconsin emblem;
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A 3'
x 5' all-weather Bird City flag that can be flown at a prominent
civic location;
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A
recognition plaque suitable for display at the municipal center;
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A
special page on the BirdCityWisconsin.org web site devoted to the
community's bird conservation achievements;
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An
electronic Bird City Wisconsin logo/emblem that can be used on
appropriate municipal web sites and printed materials, as well as
the web sites of partner organizations and local businesses; and
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Press releases to appropriate media.
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Online Basic BCW Applications:
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PDF |
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Renewal Applications:
Word |
PDF |
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