2017 Natural Resources Grant Orientation Workshop Grant Round 16 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2017 Natural Resources Grant Orientation Workshop

Grant Round 16 May 4, 2017

Workshop Agenda

• Who’s Who
• LCHIP Introduction
• The Proposal Package
• Process and Timeline
• Questions

Parson Main, Rochester

Who’s Who?

LCHIP Staff

• Paula Bellemore, Natural Resource Specialist
• Barb Beers, Office Manager
• Jenna Lapachinski, Historic Resource Specialist
• Dijit Taylor, Executive Director

LCHIP Introduction

What is LCHIP?

What Is LCHIP For?

To protect and preserve the state’s most important

natural, cultural and historic resources

Greenough Popnd, Errol

What Is LCHIP For?

• To protect and preserve the state’s most important natural, cultural and historic

resources

• To insure the perpetual contribution of these

resources to the economy, environment, and the quality of life in New Hampshire

Fitch Farm, Cornish

What Is LCHIP For?

• To protect and preserve the state’s most important natural, cultural and historic

resources

• To insure the perpetual contribution of these resources to the economy,

environment and the quality of life in New Hampshire

• To provide matching grants to New Hampshire

communities and non-profits

Mount Monadnock

What Has LCHIP Done?

• 385 grants awarded in 162 of state’s 234

towns

• $42 million invested since 2000
• $280 million TPV!
• 283,380 acres conserved
• 232 grants to preserve historic structures

& sites

• 200+ partner organizations
• Collins Brook

Headwaters Francestown Kelly Corner School, Gilmanton

What Has LCHIP Done?

Pittsburg

Connecticut Lakes Headwaters , Pittsburg etc

What Has LCHIP Done?

Pelham

Little Island Pond Pelham

What Has LCHIP Done?

Hinsdale

Wingate Farm, Hinsdale

What Has LCHIP Done?

Star Island

Oceanic Hotel, Star Island

FY 2018 LCHIP Funding $3,500,000 ?

What Makes it Work?

• RSA 227-M
• LCHIP’s Criteria,

Guidelines and Procedures

• (Guidelines)

• A new

website

What Makes it Work?

• A new

website

What Makes it Work?

Who Can Apply?

Municipality or other political subdivision of the state 501 ( c ) non-profit organizations Partners thereof

Wakefield Town Hall Mount Major ~ Forest Society

What Can LCHIP Pay For?

Historic and Cultural Resources

• Protection, restoration or rehabilitation of:

1. Archaeological sites 2. Historic buildings and structures used for cultural events 3. Historic properties 4. Historic and cultural lands and features

Canaan Meeting House

What Can LCHIP Pay For?

Natural Resources

• Protection, restoration or rehabilitation of:
• 5. Ecologically significant lands
• 6. Public water supply lands
• 7. Farmland
• 8. Forestland
• 9. Habitat for rare/important species
• 10. Recreation lands
• 11. Shore lands
• 12. Scenic areas
• 13. Wetlands and associated uplands

Vose Farm, Walpole

What Can LCHIP Pay For?

• 14. Studies

See LCHIP Criteria Guidelines and Procedures Section 7B 5&6 for information about eligible types of studies

What You Have To Do

Attend Workshop

• Submit by May 19, 2017
• Replaces former LCH

Register and LCHIP Project Registration form

Intent to Apply Form

What You Have To Do

Complete Proposal Package

Four Components

• 1. Instructions
• 2. Checklist
• 3. Application Form
• 4. Attachments

What You Have To Do

Project Scoring

Scoring

Project Summary, Page 1

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Project Summary, Page 1

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Project Town = Town with Majority Acreage In this case, Northfield

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Project Names – Short & Simple!

Project Summary, Page 1

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Smith Conservation Area

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Project Summary, Page 1

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Basic Project Information

• Property Location – Address or tax parcel, County
• Project Type – Fee, CE, Both
• Grant Request <= 50% Total Project Cost
• Total Project Cost = Sum of all eligible expenses

Project Summary, Page 1

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Basic Applicant Information

• Organization Name
• Mailing Address
• Organization Type
• Tax ID #
• Contact Name / Title
• Phone / Email

Has the applicant formally adopted the relevant Standards and Practices of the Land Trust Alliance? Yes No

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Project Summary, Page 1

LTA Standards and Practices

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Project Summary, Page 1

Interests to be Conveyed- List the primary property interests to be conveyed through this project

Page 1 – The Project Summary

Project Summary, Page 1

Interests to be Conveyed- List any Third Party Rights of Enforcement or Secondary Executory Interest Holders Ex: NH DES (ARM), NRCS, City / Town, other

The Project Summary : A succinct but thorough narrative describing your project

Who? Wha What? t? Where?

Project Summary, Page 1

HOW?

Page 1 – The Project Summary

1 – 3 Resource Value

1 - Conservation Attributes What natural features will your project protect? 2 - Conservation Significance Why is it important to protect those features? 3 - Imminence of Threat Why is it important to act now?

Resource Conservation Value

1 - Conservation Attributes

Headwater Stream

Wetlands Active Farmland Floodpla

• odplain

in

Cliff / Talus Slope

River / Lake Frontage

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• a. The Conservation Attributes Table

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Where to get all that data?

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• Observation
• Landowner
• NH GRANIT
• DES OneStop

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• Floodplain, Grassland
• NHFG WAP Tier 1 & 2
• Group 1 (A,B or C) Forest Soils
• Forested & Non-Forested Wetland
• Surface Water & Stream / River Frontage
• Prime Farmland & Farmland of Statewide

Importance

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Land Cover, NH GRANIT

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

NH DES OneStop Data Mapper Groundwater Classification Areas Public Water Supply Wells Source Water Protection Areas Water Supply Intake Protection Areas Wellhead Protection Areas Hydrologic Areas of Concern Favorable Gravel Well Analysis

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

NH DES OneStop Data Mapper FAQ & User Guides

• 1. Conservation Attributes

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

Need Help?

• Katie Murphy, NH DES OneStop Data Mapper

gis@des.nh.gov 271-2972

• Chris Phaneuf, GRANIT Database Manager

granit@unh.edu 862-1214

• Regional Planning Commissions

nharpc.org

• 1. Conservation Attributes
• Identify what is most important
• Expand on the table
• Introduce other attributes not included

1 b. Discuss the most significant conservation attributes, features or characteristics

Conservation Attributes, Page 2

Resource Conservation Value

2 a Conservation Significance Why are these natural features important to protect?

High gh Tr Tran ansmissivity smissivity

Exemplary Natural Community

Master Plan

Con Connectivity nectivity

Expands

Resource Significance, Page 3

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

• 2b. NEW! Conservation Goals:

Indicate the primary & supporting conservation goals for the project. Ecological Value Working Landscape Water Resources Scenic / Aesthetic Recreation / Education Historical / Cultural

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Ecological Value Protects important wildlife habitat, exemplary natural communities, rare or endangered species. Creates a contiguous block of conservation land or, will assist in sustaining natural ecological functions and/or resilience at a meaningful level

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Working Landscape

Protects important agriculture soils or

productive forest soils, protects active farmland, managed forestland or land well-suited for long-term agricultural or forestry production

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Water Resources Contains or abuts a great pond, high-quality or headwater stream, river, non-forested wetland or floodplain; protects all or a portion of a NH DES designated Wellhead Protection Area, Hydrologic Area of Concern

• r Favorable Gravel Well Area or
• verlies a high-transmissivity stratified-drift aquifer

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Scenic / Aesthetic

Preserves an iconic or scenic view from a designated scenic byway or state highway, preserves an iconic landscape, provides “green space” in a town or City center, protects a defining landscape or parcel of undeveloped land that uniquely defines a community

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Recreation / Education

Expands an existing, or creates a new, public outdoor recreation area, secures & facilitates public access to trails or surface water, builds connectivity between recreation areas, protects “green space” accessible to an underserved population center, abuts or is close to a public school or community center, provides a unique opportunity for public environmental education.

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

Historical / Cultural Protects a highly significant historical resource or cultural asset, or protects a natural feature considered a defining representation of local heritage and identified in a community’s Master Plan or other duly adopted municipal planning document

• 2. Resource Significance

Resource Significance, Page 3

2 c. Discuss how the project will achieve the conservation goals identified

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Why NOW?

• Meaningful threat to

conservation attributes?

• Pending change in use?
• Known opposition?

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

3 e: POPULATION Is the project in a…. Densely Developed Area of the State? Rapidly Developing Area of the State? How does that impact your project or its values?

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 3. Imminence of Threat

Imminence of Threat , Page 4

• 4. Planning & Community Support

Who is committing Time, Talent, or Treasure? Has the project gone before Town Meeting

• r to the Town or City

Council? How is the community engaged?

Planning and Community Support, Page 5

• 5. Capacity to Implement

Does the applicant have what it needs to complete the project?

Capacity to Implement, Page 6

Skills Knowledge Experience Resources

• 5. Capacity to Implement

Capacity to Implement, Page 6

Has the applicant worked with LCHIP

• r similar funders

before?

• 6. Funding Plan

What funding sources were considered? How will any private gifts be raised? What is the “back up” plan if something goes wrong?

Funding Plan, Page 7

• 7. Stewardship

Who is the Stewarding Organization? Who will monitor and enforce the conservation restrictions?

Stewardship, Page 8

• 7. Stewardship

Stewardship, Page 8

Experience Counts! What other conservation property is the stewarding

• rganization responsible for?

What is the current balance of all dedicated stewardship funds held by that organization? How will that organization insure sufficient funds are set aside to protect its conservation properties?

Stewardship, Page 8

• 7. Stewardship

• How are monitoring and

enforcement activities managed?

• What policies are in

place?

• How have any challenges
• r violations been handled?

Stewardship, Page 8

Ossipee, Mustapha Tract

• 7. Stewardship

For 501 (c) applicants or stewarding organizations only!

Stewardship, Page 8

Haverhill, NH Farmland Conservation Initiative

Is the stewarding organization enrolled in the Terrafirma insurance program? If not, why not? What happens if the 501 (c) dissolves?

• 7. Stewardship

• 8. Future Activities

Future Activities, Page 9

Public access = open for passive, transitory recreational purposes, including hunting and fishing, by the public.

• 8. Future Activities

8 a. Are all parties familiar with and willing to accept LCHIP’s public access requirements?

Future Activities, Page 9

A grantor/ee may reserve the right to post against access:

• By vehicle, motorized or otherwise
• to active livestock fields,
• to agricultural cropland during

planting and growing season, and

• to forest land during harvesting or

establishment of plantations.

• temporarily in an emergency

Future Activities, Page 9

• 8. Future Activities

LCHIP is able to limit future uses that become inconsistent with the purposes for protecting the property or if public safety is at risk.

Future Activities, Page 9

Charlestown, Fall Mountain

• 8. Future Activities

What if ???

Future Activities, Page 9

• 8. Future Activities
• b. How will the public access and use the property?
• c. Will the project encourage further conservation?
• d. Will it generate any new economic activity?

• 9. Additional Information
• a. Does the project protect significant cultural or

historic resources?

Additional Information, Page 10

• Mt. Chocorua

Exeter, Raynes Farm

• 9. Additional Information
• b. Tell us more!

 Is the project part of a long term or landscape level conservation initiative?  Was there an important aspect of the project that didn’t seem to fit elsewhere?

Additional Information, Page 10

• 10. Project Budget

Project Budget, Page 11

Eligible Expenses

• Resource Acquisition
• Surveys
• Appraisals
• Title and other legal work
• Baseline / Env. Assessment
• Administrative
• Stewardship

Project Budget, Page 11

Swanzey, Tippin’ Rock Farm

• 10. Project Budget

Project Budget

Project Budget, Page 11

• 10. Project Budget

Project Budget, Page 11

• 10. Project Budget

Project Budget, Page 11

• 10. Project Budget

Attachments 1 & 2 Locus & Topographic Maps:

• Nearby conservation land
• Legend, compass rose and scale
• Municipal boundaries and major

roads/highways

• Target property and other

significant resources

• Multiple parcels? Label each (by

name and acreage)

Attachments 1 & 2

Attachment 3

Attachment 3

Natural Resource Maps

• NH Wildlife Action Plan

“WAP Maps”

• Soils Maps
• Aquatic Resources Maps
• Drinking Water Protection

Maps

• …And more!

Attachment 4

Maximum of 10. Labels, please.

Attachment 4

On plain paper. People are good!

Attachment 5 – Doc. Of TPC

Attachment 5

6 Acknowledgement Forms 7 Authorization to Use Photographs, Photo Release

Don’t get caught off guard, start gathering signatures early!

Attachments 6 & 7

Attachments 6 & 7

Attachments 8 - 10

Only 501 (c) applicants need to submit attachments 8 - 10

• 8. 501(c) determination letter
• 9. List of current Directors / Trustees and their

affiliations

• 10. Summary Financial Statement

Attachments 8 - 10

Attachment 11

GIS Shapefile Package - A minimum of three related files 1 .SHP - Shape file, the feature geometry 2 .DBF - Attributes, contains geographical reference data as individual objects: streets, rivers, landmarks etc.. 3 .PRJ - Projection, the coordinate system and projection information Contact LCHIP if you require assistance.

Attachment 11

You must speak with LCHIP before including a match property in your application. Appendix A Match Property

Appendix A

Requires: Owner Affidavit of Intent Demonstrated and Compelling Link to / Enhancement of Target Parcel

Application Package

Submit one original application, including the checklist and attachments 1 – 10 as applicable

Submit 6 paper copies

One full proposal package with attachments 1-10 as applicable Five summary proposal packages with attachments 1- 4 only

Submit one electronic copy with attachments 1-11 as applicable

Submit via USB or CD. Label jpegs to match hard copies

GR16 (2017) Proposal Package

Timeline and Process

Workshop

• May 4th

Intent to Apply

• Due May 19th
• Required for

all projects Application

• Due by noon
• n June 23rd
• Late

submissions will not be accepted

Timeline and Process

LCHIP Staff can help:

 Questions – YES  Content – NO  Completeness – YES

(if submitted early)

GR16 (2017) Proposal Package

Timeline and Process

Applications Due NOON June 23, 2017 Staff Review & Site Visits August – September Review Panels Mid to Late October LCHIP Board Decision Mid November Notification Mid November Press Event-Celebration Late November

Technology Notes

• Download at lchip.org
• Save to computer
• Open with Adobe Reader and begin

filling out!

• Set auto-save to save your work

automatically and often!

Dijit Taylor dtaylor@lchip.org Barb Beers

• fficemgr@lchip.org

Paula Bellemore pbellemore@lchip.org Jenna Lapachinski jlapachinski@lchip.org

Contact Information

THANK YOU for working to save New Hampshire’s special places!