Landscape Partnership Grant Program seeks to protect large blocks of conservation land. Local, state, and federal government agencies and non-profit groups can use this grant to work together to protect properties that meet the minimum acreage required based on County.
Donor Name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State: Massachusetts
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,250,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Landscape Partnership Grant program advances the large-scale connectivity of conservation lands that is necessary to sustain the integrity and resilience of ecosystems and the viability of local farm and forest economies. Its purpose is to facilitate complex large-acreage projects, leverage state financial investments, expand partnerships among federal, state, municipal, and non-profit entities, enhance the stewardship of conservation land, and expand public outdoor recreational opportunities. The program provides funding to assist municipal, state, federal, and non-profit partners, acting in cooperation, in acquiring interests in lands suitable for conservation purposes, including undeveloped lands, farms and forests, water supply lands, unique ecosystems, rare species habitats, and restored lands. The grant is intended to enable projects that stretch beyond the scope of other state land grant programs. The Landscape Partnership Grant Program also supports Governor Baker’s Executive Order 569, which calls for state government to adapt to climate change and build a more resilient Commonwealth, by including resiliency criteria in its rating system and incorporating priorities identified through EEA’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program.
Goals
- To protect contiguous, large-scale landscapes necessary to sustain the integrity and resiliency of ecosystems and viability of local farms and forest economies
- To enable projects that stretch beyond the scope of other state grant programs, standard spheres of operation, and involve cooperation of multiple actors
- To support the Executive Order 569, which calls for state government to adapt to climate change and build a more resilient Commonwealth.
Funding Information
- Up to 50% reimbursement
- Maximum award: $1,250,000
- Project contracts can be 1 or 2 years. May not request reimbursement for more than 50% of costs in a given fiscal year.
Eligible Projects
- Purchase of land in fee simple for conservation, forestry, agriculture, or water supply protection
- Purchase of a Conservation Restriction
- Purchase of an Agricultural Preservation Restriction
- Purchase of a Watershed Preservation Restriction
- Construction of a park or playground.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications must be submitted jointly by two or more of the following groups:
- Municipality
- Non-profit, non-municipal public water supplier
- Non-profit 501(c) (3) organization
- Government agency.
For more information, visit Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
