Thank you for supporting Team Knowles Nelson! We want to make it as easy as possible for you and your organization to participate in the campaign to renew the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. We’ve collected some resources to help you promote the campaign, talk to your elected officials, and feature Team Knowles Nelson campaigns on your own site.
Download the whole kit or just the individual components you need.
Learn about important dates for the upcoming reauthorization process.
Find answers to frequently asked questions about Knowles-Nelson, along with explanations of misconceptions and responses to commonly heard arguments against the program.
Explore more FAQs & Mythbusting by visiting knowlesnelson.org/faq.
Learn what Wisconsin voters think about conservation. 2023 polling data from New Bridge Strategy and FM3 Research highlights key findings from across the state.
Connect legislators directly with conservation through a site visit to your land trust. We’ve provided tips for a successful visit and an easy-to-use email template to help you extend the invitation. Your firsthand stories and experiences are powerful tools for program reauthorization.
Gathering Waters can provide legislative district or county specific information sheets to use in your meetings with decision makers. Let us know about your upcoming meetings and we can produce an information sheet that highlights Knowles-Nelson investments in that district. Just give us a few days notice to put it together for you.
This template is designed for use on your organization’s website to encourage advocacy for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. Feel free to customize the content to fit your organization’s voice and add specific examples from your local area.
Tangible, personal messages are some of the best ways to show legislators how Wisconsin’s beautiful places enrich our lives and why it’s crucial to support environmental conservation. Add a message and upload a photo of a special outdoor place in Wisconsin to create a personalized postcard. We’ll print real postcards to mail them to state representatives and Governor Evers when they’ll have the most impact.
Create a postcard by visiting KnowlesNelson.org/Postcards.
This front and back card is beautiful and provides key information about Knowles-Nelson. It can also be an effective “leave behind” to give to a decision maker when you meet with them. Give these cards to your supporters and encourage them to contact their legislators by visiting Action.KnowlesNelson.org.
Download our infographic series on the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. Consider giving one or more of the infographics to a decision maker when you meet with them. These infographics provide key facts and talking points about Knowles-Nelson. Every infographic is backed up by authoritative research, all of which can be found at Research.KnowlesNelson.org
Use the Team Knowles Nelson logos to brand your digital and printed Knowles-Nelson materials. Using consistent branding helps us reinforce that we are all part of the same effort even though we represent very different constituencies. This logo package includes many styles and variations to suit your needs.
Need a large format poster with important Knowles-Nelson facts and figures? Here you go! This poster works well at events or in your office to grab visitors’ attention and draw them in to learn more about Knowles-Nelson.
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