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Conservation Awards July 2011– December 20126Catamount Trail AssociationOrganizational Development Grant.$11,000 award for organizational developmentcosts.Cross Vermont Trail AssociationKlein-Ziegler Stewardship, Plainfield.$1,160 award for stewardship of a traileasement on the Klein-Zeigler farm.Organizational Development Grant.$16,000 award for organizational developmentcosts.The Green Mountain ClubOrganizational Development Grant.$26,000 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Isle La Motte Reef Preservation TrustGoodsell Ridge Enhancement Project, IsleLa Motte. $28,000 VHCB award for additionof one acre to existing fossil preserveconserving the world’s oldest reef. Totalproject costs: $45,000Lake Champlain Land TrustOrganizational Development Grant.$25,500 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Middlebury Area Land TrustOrganizational Development Grant.$12,072 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Preservation Trust of VermontMoravian Cabin Stewardship, Stowe$7,500 VHCB award for documentationand stewardship of historic preservationeasement.Marble Museum, Proctor. $107,500 VHCBaward to assist with acquisition and preservationof the Vermont Marble Museum.Once the main manufacturing plant of theVermont Marble Company, the museumwill be an educational center and touristdestination based upon the history of themarble industry and the study of geology.Total project costs: $926,500STATEWIDEFeasibility Fund. $25,000 recapitalizationof fund to provide awards of up to $8,000for predevelopment costs includingsurveys, options and appraisals.Organizational Development Grants$241,000 for FY2013 organizational developmentgrants to 9 conservation organizationsoperating around the state.VHCB Farm Viability Program$380,000 for service providers offeringbusiness planning and technical assistanceto farmers.Stowe Land TrustCady Hill, Stowe. $350,000 VHCB awardto acquire, conserve and convey 257acres to the town. Nine miles of mountainbike and walking trails add to a trailnetwork being developed by the VermontRide Center, providing economic stimulusthrough tourism. $250,000 Townof Stowe; $1 million private fundraisingcampaign. Total project costs: $1,525,500Mill Trail Moravian Cabin Restoration,Stowe. $60,000 VHCB award for stabilizationand restoration of historic cabinwith significance to Vermont’s ski history.Total project costs: $123,500The Nature ConservancyBlack Mountain, Dummerston. $73,630VHCB award to purchase and conserve25 acres on Black Mountain, addingto 583-acre nature preserve. Rare andunique natural communities. Publictrail for hunting, walking, hiking, andsnowshoeing. Frontage on Black MountainRoad will allow for development of aparking area and the addition of a kiosk.Total project costs: $85,155.Davitt Property, Maidstone Bends,Maidstone. $58,500 VHCB award foracquisition of 68 acres of ConnecticutRiver frontage in partnership with theUpper Connecticut River Mitigation andEnhancement Fund.Hicks Property, North Pawlet Hills,Pawlet. $375,000 VHCB award towardsacquisition of 524 acres for addition to921-acre North Pawlet Hills Natural Areawith public trails and access for walking,hunting, skiing. Total project costs:$697,500.Morelli Property, Pawlet. $230,700 VHCBaward to purchase conservation easementon 181 acres for addition to North PawletHills Preserve, an ecological area of statewidesignificance. Total project costs:$299,200Windsor County Fen Watershed, Phase2, Barnard. $34,000 VHCB award topurchase conservation easement on 30acres for addition to project protectingwatershed of a fen of statewide significance.Total project costs: $123,500Organizational Development Grant.$28,000 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Town of Wells and Vermont Land TrustDelaney Project, Wells. $91,000 VHCBaward to purchase and conserve 186 acresforest and lakeshore land for the Town ofWells. 17-acre lakeshore parcel includes2,000 feet frontage on Lake St. Catherine.Total project costs: $463,000
Conservation Awards July 2011– December 2012Trust for Public LandBarre Town Forest, Barre Town. $308,000VHCB award towards acquisition andconservation of 343 acres of formerquarry lands with extensive trail system.Wildlife habitat protection, potential fortimber management, and protection ofsource water for two municipal waterdistricts. Total project costs: $1,263,500Upper Valley Land TrustAllen Farm, Newbury and Ryegate.$13,250 VHCB grant to purchase conservationeasement on a 63-acre organicdairy farm. Highly visible and scenicproperty along I-91 will be sold byretiring dairy farmers Alice and LarryAllen to Walter Morse and Joseph Mahr,organic dairy farmers from Barre. $35,000federal NRCS funds; $48,250 ConnecticutRiver Mitigation and EnhancementFunds. Total project costs: $99,000Alschuler Farm, Thetford. $110,000VHCB award to purchase conservationeasement on 60 acres to be sold toVaughn Farms LLC for addition to their425 acres of farmland. Local trail networkpasses through the property. Conservationwill provide a buffer for the ConantSwamp, a wetland in the watershed ofthe Connecticut River. $125,000 in NRCSfunding. Total project costs: $235,000Cook Farm, Bradford. $61,500 VHCBaward to conserve 70 acres for an expanding,diversidifed meat goat operation.$39,000 federal NRCS funds. Total projectcosts: $100,500.East Hill, South Woodstock. $75,500VHCB award to purchase conservationeasement and public trail easement on 71acres in the village. Farm and forestlandconservation, riparian resources. Totalproject costs: $494,500Organizational Development Grant.$32,500 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Vermont Agency of Agriculture,Food & MarketsDaniel and Helen Branon Farm, Fairfield.$137,500 VHCB award to conserve 152acres agricultural land abutting the FairfieldSwamp Wildlife Management Area.$122,500 federal NRCS funding. Totalproject costs: $260,000.Thomas & Mary Machia, St. AlbansTown. $75,000 VHCB award to purchaseconservation easement and Option toPurchase at Agricultural Value on 77acres agricultural land. Transfer of croplandto dairy farmers; 100% prime andstatewide soils. $60,000 NRCS award.Total project costs: $135,000Organizational Development Grant.$30,000 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Vermont Land TrustAllen Farm Stewardship, Addison. $2,500VHCB award for stewardship costs associatedwith conservation of the farm.Alschuler Stewardship, Thetford. $2,500VHCB award for stewardship costs associatedwith conservation of the farm.Andrews Farm, Richmond. $80,000VHCB award to purchase conservationeasement on 184 acres farmland.Transfer to a diversified livestock andvegetable operation that has been leasingthe farm. Riparian buffer along tributaryof the Winooski River; historic barn.$92,500 federal NRCS funds. Total projectcosts: $207,500.Matthew & Daniel Baldwin, Hinesburg.$80,836 VHCB award to purchase conservationeasement and Option to Purchaseat Agricultural Value on 97 acres agriculturalland, part of a hay operation.River corridor protection on Lewis Creekfrontage with public access along river.$222,500 NRCS award. Total project costs:$465,500.Amerigo & Jill Balzano, Wells. $124,500VHCB award to purchase conservationeasement and an Option to Purchase atAgricultural Value on 103 acres agriculturalland. Facilitates purchase by youngfarmers for diversified fruit and vegetableoperation. $128,000 NRCS award. Totalproject costs: $277,500Berthiaume Brothers Farmland, Salisbury.$231,000 VHCB award to conserve335 acres farmland and facilitate transferof farm to adjacent farm operation.$206,000 federal NRCS funds. Totalproject costs: $437,000.Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry,Bolton. $800,000 VHCB award to conserve1,161 acres of forested uplands, tobe conveyed to the state and added to theMt. Mansfield State Forest. 90 kilometersof cross country ski trails; wildlife habitatprotection. Crossed by the CatamountTrail and bordered to the north by theLong Trail. The Green Mountain Clubwill build spur trails to two existing, historiccabins on the property. Total projectcosts: $2,400,000Choiniere II, Bristol. $73,300 VHCBaward to conserve 42 acres for additionto previously conserved acreage on homedairy farm, operated in conjunction withfamily’s expanding dairy goat operationin Addison. $71,000 federal NRCS funds.Total project costs: $144,300.L & A Clark farmland, Pawlet. $83,850VHCB award to conserve 99 acres farmland,facilitating transfer to dairy farmers.Prime farmland; riparian buffer andpublic access along the Mettowee Riverfrontage. $155,000 federal NRCS funds.Total project costs: $326,350.7
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