How is the money from the critical habitat plates used?
The money from the $30 contributed for each critical habitat license plate is used to match private donations of land or cash and contributions to the Nongame checkoff. The matching dollars are spent by the DNR to purchase critical resource lands such as wetlands prairies, old-growth forests, and other habitat important for the very animals that are featured on the license plates, the loon, chickadee, whitetail buck, fish, and showy ladyslipper. Critical habitat license plates are also used to fund Nongame research and surveys, habitat enhancement, and educational programs.
