Other Grant Opportunities

The Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program provides grants of up to $100,000 to support projects that result in the permanent protection (fee or easement acquisitions) of Resilient and Connected lands in focal landscapes, limited to select towns in Northwest CT. The program map viewer displays the eligible areas for funding within the Resilient and Connected Network of land in the Appalachians. There, you can determine if your project is eligible, upload shape files or sketch a polygon, and create your project map(s).

Eligible project costs include the following:

• Project capital (purchase price)
• Project development (appraisals, surveys, title work, baselines, environmental assessments, etc.)
• Stewardship and legal defense funds (does not include direct stewardship, land management or restoration)
• Community engagement costs related to project (meeting venue, mailers, supplies, travel, facilitation, etc.)
• Match for other private or public funding sources
• Legal support
• Operational costs (e.g., staff salaries and travel expenses directly associated with the project)
• Indirect costs (not to exceed 20% of the total grant amount)