Category:
environmental resiliency, land conservation
Eligibility:
To be eligible as match, a property must: 1) be adjacent or proximate to the subject property; 2) meet the Fund’s criteria; 3) be part of a larger plan that includes conservation of the match and subject properties; and 4) close prior to the closing of the subject property but not more than one year before date of application. In addition, to determine eligibility of match parcels OSI will consider whether the match and the subject properties lie in the same watershed, geophysical setting, TNC Resilient Focal Area, Forest Matrix Block, natural community and/or State Wildlife Action Plan priority area. Four Focus Areas: Potomac Headwaters, Highlands and Kittatinny Ridge, Middle Connecticut River, and Southern New Hampshire and Maine Forests.