The Leopold Stewardship Fund provides incentives for private landowners who improve habitat on their own land for imperiled species. The resources of the Leopold Stewardship Fund provide direct grants to landowners for securing professional assistance in planning and implementing scientifically sound conservation actions, for undertaking specific actions beneficial to imperiled species, and for complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The Leopold Stewardship Fund will seek to reduce the need to place species on the federal endangered species list. It has already hastened the recovery of some species, including ocelot and swift fox, by creating positive motivation for restoring, enhancing, and monitoring quality habitat.

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