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LAND TRUST RECEIVES GRANT TO EXPAND PROTECTION WORK IN FINGER LAKES REGION
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The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced that it has received a $38,000 staffing grant through the New York State Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). The grant will allow the Land Trust to add a full-time staff position that will in turn lead to expanded protection efforts in the Canandaigua, Cayuga, and Skaneateles Lake watersheds. The award will be matched by more than $38,000 in private funds.
A full-time Land Protection Specialist will be responsible for the overall coordination of the organization's conservation easement program, which will include working with landowners across the region but especially in the Canandaigua, Cayuga, and Skaneateles Lake watersheds. The position will be based out of the Land Trust's Ithaca office.
"We're delighted by this commitment of support from the New York State Conservation Partnership," says Land Trust Executive Director Andrew Aepp. "This grant will enable the Land Trust to work with more private landowners across the region to plan for the future of their land."
The Land Trust is receiving funds through the third round of grants provided by NYSCPP, pioneering public-private partnership designed to enhance local open space conservation programs across New York State. The program, funded by the State's Environmental Protection Fund and implemented in partnership with the Land Trust Alliance, cost-effectively protects open space by leveraging private funding for conservation purposes.
In its first three years the Conservation Partnership program has funded 87 different grant projects, helping to protect 3,400 acres of land prioritized in New York State's Open Space Plan. Grants have also led to the creation of strategic protection and stewardship plans at 26 different land trusts and built the professional capacity needed to preserve farmland, local watersheds, and important natural areas across the state.
The Finger Lakes Land Trust was established in 1989 to conserve the natural integrity of the Finger Lakes Region. The Land Trust works cooperatively with landowners and local communities to conserve those lands that define the character of the region. To date, the Land Trust has conserved 8,000 acres of the region's gorges, lakeshores, farms and forests through direct acquisition and the use of conservation easements. Additional information about the Land Trust is available at www.fllt.org.
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