Deadline: 15-Sep-22
Applications are now open for its Alberta Land Trust Grant Program to conserve ecologically important areas to prevent habitat fragmentation, maintain biodiversity and preserve native landscapes.
Alberta Land Trust Grant Program helps establish and administer new conservation easements on private land and/or administer new conservation projects on existing land trusts. Any registered Alberta land trust organization with the stated mission of land conservation can apply for funding from the program.
Priorities
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The Alberta Land Trust Grant program aligns with Alberta Environment and Parks’ conversation priorities:
- maintaining large areas of native landscape
- conserving connecting corridors
- sustaining disconnected pockets of native habitat within fragmented landscapes
- support watershed functions for healthy aquatic ecosystems and water quality.
Eligible Projects
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Funding can be used for:
- securement of a conservation easement
- land assessment and planning involved with a new conservation easement or donated title (for example, undertaking a baseline survey)
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administrative costs involved in obtaining or maintaining the conservation easement or donated title.
- costs must be directly related to the project
- examples include legal fees, accounting and book keeping
- staffing costs directly related to the project
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extension directly related to the project (for example, educational signage)
- grant funding cannot be used to raise funds or increase membership
- Stewardship Endowment to ensure the continued protection and maintenance of the property
- when funded, the development of new projects
Eligibility Criteria
- A land trust is a not-for-profit, non-government organization established to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private land.
- Any land trust currently registered in Alberta is eligible to apply but must provide other funding and demonstrate that their project aligns with the government’s overall conservation objectives.
For more information, visit Alberta Land Trust Grant Program.
For more information, visit https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-land-trust-grant-program.aspx#jumplinks-0
