Land Protection Transaction Grants Application Due Date: October 2, 2020 – Electronic Submittal

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the coastal watershed area of New Hampshire and Maine. The October 2020 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 Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the October 2020 Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF) and Application Form (PDF). To receive the Application Form and Application Instructions in MS Word, contact the Great Bay Coordinator.

Full press release (PDF format): Land Protection Transaction Grants Available Fall 2020

The Partnership’s application instruction webinar from April 17, 2018 is available in PDF or a full webinar video (large 265MB file).

The Great Bay Partnership awards $36,945 for land transaction costs to eight conservation projects.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2020 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $36,945 in grant funds will support conservation work on 416 acres of land. The eight conservation projects provide over $43,000 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the coastal watershed of New Hampshire and Maine 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 2020 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources.

Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

  • Town of Barrington, $3,775 Conservation Project Grant
  • Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $2,000 Appraisal Grant, Town of Strafford
  • Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $6,700 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Strafford
  • Town of Madbury, $2,000 Appraisal Grant
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $2,500 Appraisal Grant, Town of Newington
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $12,000 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Farmington
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,500 Appraisal Grant, Towns of Durham & Lee
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,470 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Lee

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in Fall 2020. 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. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

For questions about the grant program:
Dea Brickner-Wood
GBRPP, Great Bay Coordinator
603-868-6112
Email

PDF Press Release

Land Protection Transaction Grants Application Due Date: April 10, 2020 (postmarked)

Full press release (PDF format)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the coastal watershed area of New Hampshire and Maine. The April 2020 grant round will accept applications for both the Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs. 

Download the April 2020 Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (MS Word or PDF) and Application Form (MS Word or PDF).

The Partnership’s application instruction webinar from April 17, 2018 is available in PDF or a full webinar video (large 265MB file).

The Great Bay Partnership awards $47,505 for land transaction costs to six conservation projects.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Fall 2019 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $47,505 in grant funds will support conservation work on 364 acres of land. The six conservation projects provide over $48,000 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the coastal watershed of New Hampshire and Maine 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 2019 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources.

Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

  • Town of Newfields, $1,750 Appraisal Grant
  • Society for the Protection of NH Forest, $10,075 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Hampton Falls
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $2,500 Appraisal Grant, Town of Brentwood
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,500 Appraisal Grant, Town of Fremont
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $13,780 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Epping
  • Southeast Land Trust of NH, $15,900 Conservation Project Grant, Town of Barrington

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in Spring 2020. 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 and the Thomas W. Haas Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

For questions about this grant opportunity contact:
Dea Brickner-Wood
GBRPP, Great Bay Coordinator
603-868-6112
Email

PDF Press Release

Land Protection Transaction Grants Application Due Date: October 18, 2019 (postmarked)

Full press release (PDF format)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the coastal watershed area of New Hampshire and Maine. The October 2019 grant round will accept applications for both the Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs.

Download the October 2019 Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (MS Word or PDF) and Application Form (MS Word or PDF).

The Partnership’s application instruction webinar from April 17, 2018 is available in PDF or a full webinar video (large 265MB file).

Land Protection Transaction Grants Application Due Date: March 22, 2019 (postmarked)

Full press release (PDF format)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the coastal watershed area of New Hampshire and Maine. The March 2019 grant round will accept
applications for both the Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs

Download the March 2019 Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (MS Word or PDF) and Application Form (MS Word or PDF).

The Partnership’s application instruction webinar from April 17, 2018 is available in LPTG gbrpp2018 Webinar 20180417or a full webinar video (large 265MB file).