Land protection and stewardship have a critical role to play in addressing climate change. To help accelerate this work, the Open Space Institute (OSI) is pleased to announce the availability of Land and Climate Catalyst Planning Grants through a collaboration with the Land Trust Alliance. The Land and Climate Grant Program will offer funding and technical support to land trusts, other not-for-profit organizations, and state and federally recognized Tribes, to integrate climate science into strategic land protection or forest stewardship plans.
Applications will be accepted through June 8, 2023. To learn more, please register for an applicant information session on May 2nd from 2 – 3:15 pm Eastern.
The Program will provide support for the development of strategic land protection or forest stewardship plans that promote 1) habitat resilience, 2) carbon mitigation and/or 3) community adaptation to climate impacts such as flooding, drought, fire, or extreme heat.
The Program encourages proposals that address the inequitable burdens of climate change and environmental racism on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and low-income communities.
The Program complements OSI’s capital grantmaking through the Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund, which has a goal of permanently protecting 50,000 acres of climate resilient lands that store and sequester atmospheric carbon.
We invite you to review the request for proposals, reach out with questions, and share this information with your networks.
On behalf of the OSI team,
Hallie Schwab
Conservation Planning Manager
Open Space Institute
This program is made possible through support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Jane’s Trust Foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the Merck Family Fund, the Volgenau Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, and several generous individual donors.
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