Maine Association of Conservation Commissions
Useful Links and Materials
Comprehensive Plan Aids
Conservation Commission Assistance with Comprehensive Plan Updates
Beginning with Habitat - resource maps, open space planning
Stewardship Guides - click to link
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust collaborated with four coastal Conservation Commissions - Arrowsic, Georgetown, Phippsburg, and Westport Island - to create land and water stewardship guides. Read about it here: http://bangordailynews.com/community/conservation-commissions-share-ways-to-protect-coastal-communities-through-new-publication/
Link to the stewardships guides here or below:
Solar
Topsham Solar Ordinance and Habitat Mitigation Fee
Economic Benefits
Grants
National Park Service, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program:
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/rtca/index.htm
Elmina B. Sewall Grant
https://www.sewallfoundation.org/application-process
Fields Pond Foundation anytime http://www.fieldspond.org/guidelines.htm
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust http://www.margaretburnham.org/application/
Morton Kelly Grant
http://www.morton-kelly.org/application-faq/submitting-a-request/
Davis Conservation Foundation Water
http://www.davisfoundations.org/dcf/apply
Maine Community Foundation Fund for Maine Land Conservation http://www.mainecf.org/GrantsNonprofits/AvailableGrantsDeadlines/FundforMaineLandConservation.aspx
USFWS Small NAWCA https://www.fws.gov/birds/grants/north-american-wetland-conservation-act/how-to-apply-for-a-nawca-grant.php
Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund
https://www.maine.gov/ifw/programs-resources/grants/outdoor-heritage-fund.html#heritage_fund
Project Canopy
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/policy_management/project_canopy/grants/index.html
Onion Foundation
https://www.onionfoundation.org/onion-foundation-grants
William P. Wharton Trust
http://www.williampwhartontrust.org/instructions.htm
Invasive Plant Management
PDF of the presentation by Chad Hammer, MNAP, to MEACC Annual Meeting, October 2024: