Cornell Ornithology Lab Begins Accepting Land Trust Bird Conservation Grant Applications In January

The Cornell Lab Of Ornithology will begin accepting applications for its Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative in January.  Applications are due March 1.

Grants will be awarded in two categories--

-- Capacity and Partnership Projects: 6 grants of $5,000 each: Projects should build land trust capacity by teaching or demonstrating how birds can enhance strategic planning and mission fulfillment of land trusts and/or facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations and partnerships with the bird conservation community. Accredited and non-accredited land trusts are welcome to apply. 

-- Management and Restoration Projects: 8 grants of $25,000 each: Projects should actively manage, restore, and/or steward land in a way that enhances habitat and promotes bird conservation, with special emphasis on priority species or those identified in State Wildlife Action Plans. Applicant organization should either be an accredited land trust or partnering with an accredited land trust. 

Click Here for a copy of the RFP.

Visit the Cornel Lab’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative webpage for more information on the program.

(Reprinted from the WeConservePA website.)

[Posted: November 21, 2023]  PA Environment Digest