Funding

General endowment fund for CFHE managed by The University of Minnesota Foundation. This fund provides basic support for salary, travel, field, lab and computer equipment, and laboratory analyses.

Wood-Rill Fellowship in Hardwood Ecology. Established with a $250,000 donation by Bruce Dayton and matching from the University of Minnesota 21st Century Fellowship fund. This fellowship supports graduate student stipends.

National Science Foundation
Grant DEB-0075236 for $334,360, project period September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2004, has funded much of the research on European earthworm invasion.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
A grant from the Nongame Wildlife Tax Checkoff, State of Minnesota General Fund, Reinvest in Minnesota Program, and Minnesota State Park Nature Store sales through the MN Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Services, Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program partially funded research on the impact of European earthworms on native plant species.