The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2024 recipients of Stewardship Grant Program awards. Seven grant recipients received a total of $42,205 in grant funds to support stewardship projects on over 1,320 acres of conservation land in the Great Bay Watershed. Grant recipients provided over $29,700 in matching funds.

The Stewardship Grant Program assists with stewardship costs for permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay Watershed of New Hampshire. Stewardship activities supported by this grant program include habitat management, existing trail maintenance, property and project planning, and natural resource inventory projects. Eligible applicants include the fee owner or conservation easement
holder of an eligible conservation property, including land trusts, municipalities and units of governments.

The Spring 2024 grant recipients include:

• Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $10,000, Habitat Management, Deerfield, NH
• Town of Durham, $5,450, Trail Maintenance, Durham, NH
• Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, $7,125, Habitat Management, Milton, NH
• Town of Newmarket, $3,520, Trail Maintenance, Newmarket, NH
• City of Portsmouth, $10,000, Habitat Management, Portsmouth, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000, Trail Maintenance, Epping, NH
• The Nature Conservancy, $2,110, Trail Maintenance, Durham and Newmarket, NH

The Stewardship Grant Program will have a grant round in the Fall of 2024. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the Stewardship Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great Bay 2030 Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2024 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $75,400 in grant funds will support conservation work on over 1,100 acres of land. The seven conservation projects provide over $154,000 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the Coastal watershed of New Hampshire with land protection transaction costs including appraisal, land survey, legal, title, recording fees, easement baseline documentation and environmental assessments. The eligible properties are permanently protected through donation or acquisition of land and conservation easements.

The Spring 2024 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources. The Spring 2024 Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

• Town of Hampton, $12,100, Conservation Project Grant, Hampton, NH
• Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $25,000, Conservation Project, Northwood, NH
• Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, $5,000, Conservation Project, Milton, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,500, Appraisal Grant, Barrington, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,500, Appraisal Grant, Durham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $10,800, Conservation Project Grant, Brentwood, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $15,000, Conservation Project Grant, Kensington, Exeter and East Kingston, NH

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in the Fall of 2024. Grants will be offered for both Appraisal Grants and Conservation Project Grants. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details. The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the Land Protection Transaction Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great Bay 2030 Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership offers grants to assist with land stewardship costs for the permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay Watershed NH communities.

Electronic submittal instructions are found in the Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the 2024 Stewardship Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF), Application Form (PDF), and Landowner Consent Form (PDF).

Full press release: Stewardship Grants Available 2024 (PDF)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership will offer grants to assist with land stewardship costs for the permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay watershed area of New Hampshire.

The Stewardship Grant Program 2024 Grant Application will be posted by 5/1/2024 and applications will be due 6/3/2024.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Fall 2023 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $39,298 in grant funds will support conservation work on over 140 acres of land. The two conservation projects provide over $38,980 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the Great Bay watershed of New Hampshire a with land protection transaction costs including appraisal, land survey, legal, title, recording fees, easement baseline documentation and environmental assessments. The eligible properties are permanently protected through donation or acquisition of land and conservation easements.

The Fall 2023 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources.

The Fall 2023 Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

• Town of Fremont, $20,000, Conservation Project Grant, Fremont, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $20,000, Conservation Project Grant, Barrington, NH

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in Spring 2024. Grants will be offered for both Appraisal Grants and Conservation Project Grants. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the Land Protection Transaction Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great Bay 2030 Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the Great Bay watershed area of New Hampshire. The Spring 2024 grant round will accept applications for both the Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs.

Electronic submittal instructions are found in the LPTGP Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the Spring 2024 LPTGP Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF) and LPTGP Application Form (PDF).

Full press release: Land Protection Transaction Grants Available Spring 2024 (PDF)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2023 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $61,000 in grant funds will support conservation work on over 939 acres of land. The eight conservation projects provide over $124,000 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the Great Bay watershed of New Hampshire a with land protection transaction costs including appraisal, land survey, legal, title, recording fees, easement baseline documentation and environmental assessments. The eligible properties are permanently protected through donation or acquisition of land and conservation easements.

The Spring 2023 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources.

The Spring 2023 Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

• Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $1,650 Appraisal Grant, Town of Deerfield, NH
• Moose Mountain Regional Greenways, $20,000 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Farmington, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $25,000, Conservation Project Grant, New Durham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,000, Appraisal Grant Town of Rochester, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,350 Appraisal Grant, Town of Newmarket, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $1,250 Appraisal Grant, Town of Epping, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000 Appraisal Grant, Town of Dover, NH
• Town of Stratham, $2,750 Appraisal Grant, Town of Stratham, NH

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in Fall 2023. Grants will be offered for both Appraisal Grants and Conservation Project Grants. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the Land Protection Transaction Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great Bay 2030 Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.