Coordinator: Sarah Wells, North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership
Contact Info: wells@mountgrace.org
Mission Statement:
“Working together, we save valuable ecologically, historically, and culturally significant lands”
General Location: North Central MA
Acreage of Area Covered by Partnership: 504,477
Acres Conserved by Partnership: 4630
Number of Partners: 23
RCP Status: Conserving
Steps Taken in Forming Partnership:
- Draft a vision, mission statement, goals, and/or objectives
- Develop a governance structure; develop an RCP website
- Develop a strategic conservation map
- Engage landowners and/or municipal officials in your region
- Engage state agencies, federal agencies, and/or philanthropic organizations
- Coordinate or collaborate to conserve land as an RCP
- Navigate a significant transition in leadership, funding, priorities, or organization
Funding sources:
- Federal Grant or Program: Forest Legacy,
Landscape Scale Restoration - State Grant or Program: LAND grant, Landscape Partnership grant, Conservation Partnership grant, Dept of Conservation and Recreation: Estate Planning grant (through the MA Working Forest Initiative)
- Municipal funding
- Foundation funding