2018 Natural Resource Grants Workshop Paula Bellemore, Natural Resource Specialist May 1, 2018
What You Need to Do 1. Intent to Apply Form 2. Proposal 3. Site Visit 4. Project Updates
Intent to Apply Accepted May 1 - May 18 Response by June 1
Scoring
Application
Standards and Practices
Standards and Practices
Standards and Practices
Project Type
Agriculture Important Agriculture Soils Active Farmland or Land Well-Suited For Long-Term Agricultural Production Chickering Farm, Westmoreland, S. Cibula
Working Forests Productive Forest Soils, Managed Forestland Well-Suited for Long-Term Timber Production Child’s Forest, Salisbury
Ecological Values Important Wildlife Habitat, Exemplary Natural Communities, Rare or Endangered Species Assists in Sustaining Natural Ecological Functions and/or Climate Resilience Spring peeper ( Psuedacris crucifer ) Shattuck Pond, Francestown
Water Resources High-Quality or Headwater Stream or River Wetlands or Floodplain High-Priority Water Supply Lands Tower Hill Pond, Candia
Scenic / Aesthetic Iconic or Scenic Views or Landscapes Green Spaces in Town or City Centers Land that Uniquely Defines a Community View of Mt. Chocorua, Tamworth
Recreation / Education Creates, Expands or Connects Recreation Areas Provides Access to Trails or Water, Near Public Schools or Community Centers Connecticut Lakes Headwaters, credit: SPNHF
Historical / Cultural Protects a Highly Significant Historical or Cultural Resource Raynes Farm, Exeter
Project Overview Briefly describe the project and outcomes, including how LCHIP funds will be used. Provide a concise narrative describing the project. Focus on: • project purposes • goals, • value and • outcomes
Attributes Attributes = Quantitative What natural features will your project protect?
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Resource Significance 2. Describe the conservation attributes, features or characteristics that contribute to the property’s significance. Discuss how the project will achieve the conservation goals identified in question 1. Significance - Qualitative Why is it important to protect those attributes?
Resource Significance • Why is the Property Important to Conserve? • What Strategic Benefit will be Achieved? • How will you Insure Protection of those Attributes?
Imminence of Threat
Imminence of Threat a) Are there any existing or planned uses of the property that would be detrimental to the natural resource attributes identified in question 1? If yes, describe. b) Is either an Option to Purchase or a Purchase and Sale Agreement in place? If yes, when does it expire? Can it be extended if the project takes longer to complete than expected?
Imminence of Threat Is the project located in a: • densely developed area of the State or a • rapidly developing area of the State? If yes, briefly discuss the rate or density of development in the project area as compared to the surrounding region.
Imminence of Threat
Imminence of Threat
Imminence of Threat
Planning & Community Support a. List all current or planned project partners and describe the role of each. b. How are the project partners engaging the community in this project? b)
Planning & Community Support c. Has the project been prioritized in a town master plan or indicated in other regional planning initiatives? If yes, describe Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) www.nh.gov/osi
Planning & Community Support d . Has the municipality’s governing body (Town Meeting or City or Town Council) voted to support the project, or has the project received an official endorsement by elected municipal officials? If yes, describe. e. Is there any known opposition to the project? If yes, describe.
Capacity a. a. Briefly explain the Skills applicant’s capacity to Knowledge implement this project. Discuss availability of knowledgeable volunteers or staff, or previous experience Experience Resources with projects of similar scale.
Capacity a. b. Does the applicant have Skills previous experience with Knowledge LCHIP or other similar grant: grants requested, grants received, projects completed, projects not yet completed. Experience Resources
Funding Plan How will you raise the funds? Why didn’t you include certain sources? What’s your “back up” plan?
Stewardship
Stewardship
Stewardship FUND PURPOSE • Stewardship – Monitoring and routine enforcement • Legal Defense – Cost of legal action (violation, trespass) • Land Management – Maintenance, improvements, habitat management
Stewardship FUND TYPE • Endowment - Donor-restricted, only interest used • Restricted - Donor-restricted, principle & interest used • Designated – Allocated by Board, can be changed
Stewardship 7. d. Do you have written procedures for: Forecasting the cost of stewardship for each project? • Documenting baseline conditions & changes over time • Approving / prohibiting uses based on restrictions and values? • Conservation property monitoring & management? • Responding to violations or other challenges? • Amending conservation restrictions? •
Stewardship e. Describe the contingency plan in place to insure the perpetual protection of the resource if the land trust dissolves or is unable to uphold its obligations. f. Has the Stewarding Organization calculated the long-term financial obligations of its existing conservation holdings, including monitoring, enforcement, legal defense, insurance and other costs? If yes, describe.
Stewardship 7. g. Do the funds identified in question 7.c. meet or exceed those amounts? If no, answer questions 1- 3 below 1) Do easement enforcement funds meet or exceed the minimum established by the LTA? 2) Does the land trust have a written plan to raise the remaining funds identified in 7.f.? 3) Is the land trust enrolled in the Terrafirma conservation insurance program?
Future Activities 8.a. Are the proposed landowner and interest holders familiar with and willing to accept LCHIP’s public access requirements? If no, describe any concerns. The public must be granted an affirmative right of pedestrian access to, on, and across the property for hunting, fishing, and transitory passive recreational purposes .
Future Activities Landowner may post against: Vehicles, motorized or other • Access to active livestock fields, • Access to agricultural cropland • during active seasons, Access to forest land during • management activities, Temporarily, in an emergency • situation where public safety would be at risk
Future Activities But…. What if ??? LCHIP is able to limit future uses that become inconsistent with the purposes for protecting the property or put public safety at risk. Charlestown, Fall Mountain
Future Activities b) How will it be used? c) Will it leverage further conservation? d) Will it create new economic activity?
Additional Information Mt. Chocorua Viewshed Project Tamworth Raynes Farm, Exeter a . Significant cultural or historical resources? b. What else? c. How many visitors?
Project Budget Project Budget
Project Budget Sources of Funding • Donated Property Value • Town Funds • Private Gifts • Volunteer Services • Gifts-in-Kind / Professional Discounts Randolph, Potter CE aka Moose River • Grants Boston & Maine Rail-Trail, Pine Mountain in Distance
Project Budget Eligible Expenses • Resource Acquisition • Surveys • Appraisals • Title and other legal work • Baseline Documentation Report • Environmental Assessment • Administrative (5% cap) • Stewardship Swanzey, Tippin’ Rock Farm
Project Budget Project Budget
Attachments 1 & 2 Locus & Topographic Maps: Nearby conservation land • Legend, compass rose, scale • Municipal boundaries • Major roads/highways • Target Property •
Attachment 3 Natural Resource Maps NH Wildlife Action Plan “WAP” • Soils • Water Resources • High-Priority Water Supply • Land Conservation Focus Areas •
Attachment 4 Photos Maximum of 10 • On plain paper • Labels, please • People are good! •
Attachment 5 Documentation of TPC
Attachments 6 & 7 Acknowledgement and Photo Release Forms
Attachment 11 GIS Shapefile Package A minimum of three related files 1 .SHP - Shape file 2 .DBF – Attributes 3 .PRJ - Projection
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