Deadline: 19-Oct-22
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is inviting applications for Land Stewardship Grant Program.
The Land Stewardship Grant provides three years of funding for operations and maintenance activities on lands owned and managed by non-governmental organizations. Funding for this program is provided through an endowment fund provided to HCTF by the Province of British Columbia.
Activities
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The following principles will guide funding of projects and activities:
- Accountability: Funding recipients will develop 3-year-plans outlining specific goals, objectives and operational outcomes, including performance indicators; and provide annual reports on achievements of the goals, objectives and operational outcomes. See the example application form for detailed examples;
- Maximum Conservation Benefit: Grants will be used only for activities directly related to the conservation and enhancement of biological diversity, fish, fish habitat, wildlife or wildlife habitat;
- Cost Effectiveness: Applicants must use least cost/most benefit methods in applications; and
- Best Management Practices: Organizations must use best management practices and/or best science to maximize effectiveness of conservation activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations are defined as non-government, non-profit organizations who manage the conservation properties for which they are applying for funding.
- Eligible properties are defined as fee-simple conservation lands in British Columbia that are both owned and managed by an NGO. Properties can be either an individual fee-simple parcel or a complex of fee- simple parcels that are managed as a unit by the NGO applying for funding. Lands owned and managed by federal, provincial or municipal/regional governments are excluded. Lands owned and managed for recreational, historical, agricultural or architectural values are not eligible for funding. Organizations wishing to apply for multiple properties must limit the request to three properties only. We will accept applications for properties previously funded under this program; however, priority may be given to properties not previously funded if the program is over-subscribed.
Ineligible
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Ineligible activities include (but are not limited to):
- Conservation covenant monitoring
- Legal fees
- Insurance costs
- Strategic/higher level land use planning or ecosystem planning
- Residential tenancy agreements/rentals
- General festivals/tours/events that do not directly pertain to O&M of the properties
- General patrols
- General lease administration (e.g., right-of-way’s, lease modifications, tax exemptions)
- Organizational fundraising
- Cultural, heritage, historical or architectural operations and maintenance activities
- Non-applied research (research not directly related to a management purpose)
- Training costs for contractors
- Enforcement activities
- Fish rearing, farming, stocking or hatcheries projects
- Rehabilitation, captive breeding, feeding or control of wildlife species
- Salmon only or marine projects that do not benefit freshwater species or habitats
- Guides for fishing and hunting, tours, or school curriculum
- Information projects on regulations or stocking
- Conferences, lecture series, or conventions
- Production or sponsorship of commercial programs
- Interpretive services
- Creation or management of electronic databases, websites or file systems
- Propagation of native plants for sale (commercial purposes).
For more information, visit Land Stewardship Grants.
For more information, visit https://hctf.ca/grants/land-stewardship-grants/#apply