Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) Land Acquisition Program seeks to invest in land conservation projects that protect significant conservation values, connect people to place, create landscape scale connectivity, and bolster the health of people and communities.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/24/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) invites partners to work collaboratively to pursue land conservation goals that represent shared priorities among a community. Partners should consider community impacts and elevate diverse perspectives as they develop land conservation projects. For FY25, GOCO plans to invest $10.3 million in local government funds and $8.6 million in open space funds to advance projects across all base programs.
The public benefits of land conservation are significant and multi-faceted. These multi-faceted benefits include protection of the state’s natural resources and ecological systems; supporting healthy communities by providing recreation and education opportunities, local food supplies, and contributing to fresh air and clean water; connection to the environment and a sense of place; and diversifying and supporting local economies. Funding for the outdoors can also be a meaningful equity lever in Colorado—and a means to address issues of disparity and disproportionality. As you develop your land protection project, they ask that you consider and articulate the multi-faceted benefits of your project.
To support the full scope of a land acquisition project and its intended outcomes, applicants may request funding, as needed, for the following components:
- Land acquisition and due diligence costs,
- Local capacity building through investments in existing staff, community members and/or consultants,
- Community planning, organizing, and collaboration,
- Habitat restoration,
- Site specific management plans, and
- Storytelling, project communications and celebrations.
Eligible Costs
- Costs associated with project planning/coordination/implementation/communications/ celebration
- Staff expenses incurred by the applicant and any contracted service providers for professional services directly related to project outcomes and administration
- All costs associated with acquisition including the property interest(s) and associated due diligence costs
- Costs associated with management planning
- Costs associated with habitat restoration.
Who can apply?
- Colorado municipality or county
- Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fund
- Political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas
- 501(c)(3) non-profit land conservation organization that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas, e.g., land trusts
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
For more information, visit GOCO.
