Land Protection Grant Recommended for Funding

Our efforts to protect the boundary of Harvard Forest lands include a $3.7 million proposal in collaboration with the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust to the USFS Forest Legacy Program, seeking funds to put conservation restrictions on 2100 acres of private land outside the Forest. That proposal has just been ranked 3rd of the 48 proposals nationally that have been recommended for funding. The conservation restriction on the Wilson lot, for which Harvard Forest is fundraising to purchase with a restriction, is included in this proposal.