Federal grant of nearly $5M benefits Connecticut River watershed

April 19, 2018/in News /by b.macdonald

A new $4.98 million federal grant from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program will support projects in four states to improve water quality, wildlife habitat, and climate resilience in partnership with private landowners.

The projects were selected with guidance from Connect the Connecticut and other regional conservation tools to maximize their collective conservation impact in the watershed.

Listen to an interview with the director of The Nature Conservancy’s Connecticut River Program Kim Lutz about the grant program on WAMC.

About Connect the Connecticut

What can we do today to ensure a sustainable future for the Connecticut River watershed? Connect the Connecticut is a collaborative effort to identify the best places to start: a network of priority lands and waters that can support wildlife and natural systems, with multiple pathways for migration, restoration, development, and conservation.

Connect the Connecticut is supported by The North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, an applied science and management partnership that builds upon a long history of conservation in the region to unite stakeholders around common goals for sustaining natural and cultural resources, and to develop tools and strategies to achieve those goals in the face of threats and uncertainty.

© Copyright 2015 - Connect the Connecticut

Kestrel Land Trust acquires 161 acres of “core area” in Pelham,... New guide on Recommended Practices for Landscape Conservation Design highlights...