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$6.1 Million RCPP Award will Enable Southern New England Heritage Forest Partnership to Engage New Landowners in Forest Management and Conservation

Posted by Hallie Schwab on February 5, 2018 at 5:15pm
The Southern New England Heritage Forest is an anomaly, a 1.49 million-acre forest corridor flanked by the Hartford, Worcester, and Providence metro areas and one of the last remaining unfragmented sections in the coastal sprawl from Boston to Washington, DC. But this remarkable landscape, still 76% forest and farmland, is increasingly feeling the pinch of encroaching development.
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NEW MAINE LAND CONSERVATION FUND ANNOUNCED

Posted by Bryan Wentzell on July 24, 2017 at 11:52am

In July the Maine Mountain Collaborative announced the launch of a new conservation fund for land protection in the Maine mountain region.  The $100,000 “Maine Appalachian Mountain Corridor Conservation Fund” provides financial assistance for land conservation projects in the 5 million-acre Maine Appalachian Mountain Corridor. The fund…

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Early Lessons From the Cox Trust Donated Land and Easement Fund

Posted by Prentice Zinn on June 17, 2016 at 2:32pm

Dollars and acres are an important outcome metric of the Jessie B. Cox Trust’s Donated Land and Easement Program, but they are not the only measure of success.  The initial feedback from RCP coordinators about the implementation of their transaction funds suggest that they have many benefits beyond the program’s instrumental value of conserving priority habitat:

Promoting learning and mentoring.  Sharing and reciprocity are essential components of the health of any…

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