Funding Source
Summary of Federal Conservation Funding
Resources for the Future released a summary of federal conservation and recreation funding programs. The summary information includes the administrative agency, year established, allocation of funds in 2008, and the acres conserved by the program. The summary also includes a brief description of each federal program. In general, the grants for conservation acquisitions require matching [...]
Idaho’s Forest Legacy
Idaho’s Forest Legacy Program keeps private working forests in production. The program, administered by the Idaho Department of Lands, offers a financial incentive to private forestland owners who voluntarily extinguish development rights on their property. The Idaho Department of Lands completed an Assessment of Need in 2002 that identified trends in private forestland ownership within the [...]
Travelers for Open Land – Montana
The Travel Montana Department, Montana land trusts, and travel businesses designed a program to finance voluntary conservation easements on private lands. Owners of travel lodging businesses host a donation box for cash contributions to a conservation fund. The fund, managed by the Montana Community Foundation, awards grants twice a year based on a review of [...]
Round 2: SRBA Adjudication Grants – Request for Proposals
The Snake River Basin Adjudication Board requests proposals for Round Two of project proposals. A total of $4.5 million is available for projects that will benefit Idaho’s anadromous fish habitat. The projects must benefit fish to be eligible for funding. Proposals are due Feb. 13, 2009; the Office of Species Conservation Website provides the application [...]
Access Yes! Program Update
The Department of Fish and Game manages the Access Yes! program, compensating landowners that are willing to lease their lands for public access. As of year-end 2008, the program enrolled 58 lease agreements that provide public access to 261,471 private acres of Idaho Working Lands.
Maps and information about permitted access are available.
2008 Farm Bill – Workshop
The Farm Service Agency reviewed the 2008 Farm Bill for a group of landowners in Nez Perce County (November 25, 2008). Several programs addressing private working lands were highlighted:
Farm Protection Program: Provides $743 million to help purchase easements that would preclude conversion of productive farm (and forest) lands to non-farm uses. Funding is for FY [...]
IES Land Use Session – Large Landcape Conservation
Large Landscape Conservation – Michael Whitfield, Heart of the Rockies
Grizzly example – 1 bear traveled 600 miles in 42 days
Habitat covers large geographic area
Planning approach of Heart of the Rockies-
Local community efforts
Linkage areas
Low elevation habitats containing significant wetlands and riparian areas
Strategic working lands: forest, ranch, and farm lands
Local community values
Planning in Idaho is underway – [...]
National Forest Foundation
The National Forest Foundation requests pre-proposals for 2009 Matching Awards Progam. The program objectives are on the ground activities that benefit National Forests and Grasslands and the surrounding communities.
Northwest Conservation Initiative – Grants
Working Lands Coalition partners,
On behalf of the Northwest Conservation Initiative, The Nature Conservancy is inviting grant proposals for programs that help build understanding and support for the conservation actions outlined in Idaho’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Award recipients must complete work under the grants by February 27, 2011. We expect grant awards to range from $5,000 to $50,000. Grants require a [...]
