Apply for a Landscape Partnership Grant

What you need

• Appropriate type of appraisals
• Project Narrative that outlines the project
• Project budget
• Cover letter from each partner organization
• Documents that support project quality (ex. forest management plan; documentation of climate resilience, etc.)
• Maps of the project and showing resources proposed for protection

• Depending on the type of project, a draft of a(n):

       Conservation Restriction

       Agricultural Preservation Restriction

       Watershed Preservation Restriction

• Project reviews from the:
  • Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
  • Massachusetts Historical Commission
• Documentation of land stewardship on past EEA-funded non-profit lands

• Most recent annual Massachusetts report for all nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization partners

How to apply

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Grant round has closed.

Next steps

If Selected

If your project is selected, additional documentation is needed to complete the grant process. This documentation is listed in the application packet.

Municipalities will also need to vote to appropriate the necessary funds.

Downloads

Open PDF file, 755.28 KB,  FY25 Landscape Partnership BID Document (English, PDF 755.28 KB)

Open PDF file, 13.27 MB,  FY25 Landscape Partnership Information Session (English, PDF 13.27 MB)

Open PDF file, 112.02 KB,  FY25 Landscape Partnership Information Session Q&As (English, PDF 112.02 KB)

Contact

DCS - Vanessa Farny

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Address

100 Cambridge St, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02114

Directions 

Phone

Call DCS – Vanessa Farny at: Call DCS - Vanessa Farny, Call DCS – Vanessa Farny at: at (857) 330-1978

Online

Email DCS Email DCS - Vanessa Farny at Vanessa.Farny@mass.gov

Related

• Landscape Partnership Grant Program 
• Grant Programs offered by the Division of Conservation Services