This program provides financial assistance to municipalities and nonprofit land conservation organizations to acquire land for open space.
Grants may be for the purchase of land that is
- valuable for recreation, forestry, fishing, conservation of wildlife or natural resources;
- a prime natural feature of the state’s landscape;
- habitat for native plant or animal species listed as threatened, endangered or of special concern;
- a relatively undisturbed outstanding example of a native ecological community which is uncommon;
- important for enhancing and conserving water quality;
- valuable for preserving local agricultural heritage; or
- eligible to be classified as Class I or Class II watershed land.