Sentences with phrase «land conservation grants»

LINCOLN, MA — State and federal land conservation grants totaling $ 2 million have bolstered Mass Audubon's effort to acquire the recently restored Tidmarsh Farms — a former commercial cranberry operation in Plymouth — and create a 479 - acre wildlife sanctuary.

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Sonoma County Snares $ 8 Million to Fight Drought and Climate Change Sonoma County secured an $ 8 million federal grant to fund conservation projects and acquire land development rights that help combat the impacts of drought and climate change in the Russian River watershed, local and federal officials said Friday...

The grant, issued through the state's Conservation 2000 program, enabled the district to acquire the land along Butterfield Creek and adjacent to Spirit Trail Park for $ 216,000 from CorLands, a Chicago - based environmental group.

The funding includes $ 9.7 million from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program and $ 685,000 in federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

In 1986, the Arlington Heights Park District received a $ 200,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant for the renovation of Recreation Park swimming pool.

The grant program began about 25 years ago when the National Park Service began setting aside money from off - shore oil leases and formed the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The Conservation Department approved grant requests for 14 acquisition projects and 57 land development projects.

Starting in summer, 1987, it happened - with the boost of $ 80,000 from an Illinois Department of Conservation Open Space Land Acquisition and Development Grant.

The state has identified the Butterworth property as «Critical Natural Landscape» and its Division of Conservation Services is committing $ 85,000 in Conservation Program Grant funding to the land preservation initiative

The grants, funded through the state's Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund program, were announced by Gov. George Ryan at the Illinois Association of Park Districts» annual meeting in Peoria.

Once the funds are secured, the Park District plans to apply for a slice of the state Open Land Trust, a $ 160 million program that gives local taxing bodies grants to buy land for conservation and recreatLand Trust, a $ 160 million program that gives local taxing bodies grants to buy land for conservation and recreatland for conservation and recreation.

The town of Princeton, with help from a Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity grant from the state, purchased a conservation restriction on this land to contribute to the property's protection.

The projects will be funded by the state Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

On Thursday, September 28, 2017 the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) announced its decision to grant the Conservation District Use Permit to the University of Hawaii — Hilo to build TMT on Maunakea.

How Rancho Corral de Tierra was Preserved as Open Space The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), the preeminent land trust in San Mateo County, gathered the support of private donors to leverage $ 14 million in grants from the Coastal Conservancy and the California Wildlife Conservation Board.

Ecuador's FIP investment plan for an indicative $ 24 million in grants and concessional financing aims to contribute to Ecuador's REDD + Action Plan for reducing deforestation and forest degradation through conservation, sustainable forest management, and the optimization of other land uses, and contributing to GHG emissions reductions.

In 2017, Brazil seemed to backtrack on recent progress, with President Temer leading a rollback of environmental protections, including reducing conservation areas, targeting indigenous land rights, cutting budgets for monitoring and enforcement, and granting amnesty for environmental crimes.

Still more research was published in support of the argument that granting land titles to indigenous and local communities is an effective conservation strategy.

Earth Day present for Coachella Valley habitat The federal government has approved a $ 6 million grant that will finance the purchase of hundreds of acres of new land for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, an incredible victory for the more than two dozen endangered and protected species who live in the critical habitat in Southern California.