The grant application period is now open. Grant applications will be accepted until July 31, 2019. The Department of Conservation has $950,000 available for grants that will build land trust and other agricultural non-profit capacity to initiate and conduct agricultural land conservation activities. Capacity grants must achieve the following objectives:

Increase the pace and scale of agricultural land conservation throughout the state Support climate adaptation and resilience via agricultural land conservation Eligible projects will build organizational capacity to initiate and conduct agricultural land conservation activities.

See attached grant solicitation and application.