SYMPOSIUM PRESENTER TITLE: Leveraging local programs for landscape scale impacts ABSTRACT: Ducks Unlimited (DU) is working with partners to maximize the impact of conservation dollars spent in Green Bay. These are unprecedented times for funding opportunities to make significant strides towards restoration of degraded ecosystems at a landscape scale. The Lower Green Bay and Fox River Area of Concern and The Fox River Natural Resource Trustee Council are two great examples but barely scratch the surface of funding opportunities. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act (GLFWRA), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Sustain Our Great Lakes (NFWF-SOGL), US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal and Partners for Fish and Wildlife Programs, and North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA) grants have been and continue to be useful tools for leveraging funding as shown in the recent Green Bay to Marquette Phase III NAWCA application. However, increases to Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding coupled with the influx of America Rescue Plan Act and Inflation Reduction Act funds have brought multiple large relevant funding programs that now dwarf typical funding sources. Partnerships will need to navigate these new opportunities to effectively continue the conservation delivery at an increased scale and scope not seen in Green Bay. BIO: Brian Glenzinski received a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and biology from UW-Stevens Point and worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for 15 years prior to joining Ducks Unlimited (DU). Brian oversees DU’s conservation program in the Great Lakes Initiative, delivering a diverse range of services from technical review/consultation to wetland restoration implementation along with regional conservation planning for wetlands and waterfowl.