Bird City Newsletters

In this newsletter, we congratulate the six recipients of our 2021 small grants, and we celebrate the City of Wauwatosa, which became a Bird City in 2020 but had to put off a public in-person award ceremony on account of the pandemic. Also in this issue: news about Janesville, a Bird City since 2013, which was featured on a recent episode of the long-running TV program Discover Wisconsin.

In this newsletter, we list the Wisconsin communities that have successfully completed their 2021 renewals, and we describe what the cities of Fond du Lac and Sheboygan accomplished with the small grants they were awarded in 2020. They were two of six Bird Cities that received inaugural small grants from us last year. We also report on a proposal to allow Stevens Point residents to opt out of mowing their lawns in May, and we explain how to tell if your community's Bird City street signs need updating.

In this newsletter, we celebrate the recognition of Stevens Point, a High Flyer and one of our inaugural Bird Cities, for the 12th consecutive year, and we honor Dr. Kent Hall, the leader of Stevens Point's Bird City effort and a founding member of the Bird City Steering Committee. We also remind all Bird City communities of a fast-approaching deadline: Applications for small grants are due by March 31. In addition, we explain how to tell if your community's street signs need updating and what to do if they are.

In this newsletter, we describe what the Wausau Bird Club is accomplishing with the grant we awarded it in 2020, and we report on a Big Year record set last year in the Town of Rome, a Bird City in Adams County. We also remind all Bird City communities that we will again award small grants in 2021, and that we're accepting applications now. Finally, even though 2021 renewals were due by January 31, it's not too late to submit yours. 

In this newsletter, we announce that Bird City Wisconsin will again award small grants in 2021, and we provide details about how and when to apply. We also describe what Ozaukee County's Planning and Parks Department accomplished with the grant we awarded it in 2020, and we remind Bird City communities that only one month remains to submit their 2021 renewals. (Renewals are due by January 31, 2021.) Finally, we humbly request that you include Bird City Wisconsin in your charitable giving. We're a small organization, it's true, but we have an out-sized impact around the state. You can make it bigger. Please donate.