DEP Accepting Grant Proposals For Coastal Estuarine Land Conservation Program

The Department of Environmental Protection is now soliciting land acquisition grant proposals to submit to the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program. The deadline for applications is March 8.
Grant applications may be made for the purchase of land acquisitions or interests. These may be in fee-simple title or as conservation easements.
A major condition of the program is the title or easement must be held by a governmental/ public entity. Further, grant awards must be matched dollar-for-dollar (may include in-kind match but not other federal funds) and are capped at $3 million each (federal share). Click here for the full announcement.