The Sand County Foundation is inviting farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners to apply for its 2025 Leopold Conservation Award.
Donor Name: Sand County Foundation
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 07/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Maryland award is presented in partnership with American Farmland Trust, Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts, and Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.
Funding Information
The $10,000 award honors farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.
Eligibility Criteria
- Award nominations may be submitted on behalf of a landowner, or landowners may nominate themselves.
- Please address the five criteria:
- Conservation Ethic – Describe how the nominee has voluntarily exceeded the minimum obligations of regulation to enhance and conserve natural resources.
- Resilience – Describe the business and conservation methods used by the nominee to make the operation productive into the future.
- Leadership and Communication – Describe significant efforts the nominee has made to share his/her conservation ethics and techniques with others inside and outside of agriculture. Describe community service, positions held, leadership roles and media outreach.
- Innovation and Adaptability – Describe how the nominee has taken risks by utilizing or experimenting with new techniques to adapt to change (consumers, markets, weather, regulations, etc.).
- Ecological Community – Describe how the nominee’s agricultural operation works with natural systems (soil, water, plants and wildlife, etc.). Describe how this benefits others.
For more information, visit SCF.
