Vermont Business MagazineIn collaboration with the Vermont Community Foundation, the High Meadows Fund is committing upto $200,000 in grants towards improving forest health and integrity in Vermont. The goal of these grants is to foster collaborative approaches to creating resilient, adaptable and healthy forests that pay dividends for wildlife and contribute to the quality of life of all Vermonters, including, but not limited to, those who depend on the forests for their livelihoods.
For High Meadows, long-term success includes greater understanding, constructive action, and demonstrated public commitment to improving the resilience of the forest landscape in the face of disruptive threats such as climate change, non-native species, pests and diseases, and forest fragmentation. In the short term, the High Meadows Fund seeks to galvanize efforts to improve connectivity among forest parcels and reduce a forest landscape’s vulnerability to factors that compromise its health and integrity, especially projects that draw participants with varied interests such as forest landowners, town officials, scientists, and wildlife and outdoor recreation enthusiasts.
View from Mt Mansfield. VBM file photo.
Grant proposals may be presented as multi-year grants, with an initial research or project development phase, followed by implementation or action. Grant funds should be expended by the fall of 2021 at the latest. Detailed information about the application process is athighmeadowsfund.org. Proposals must be submitted by5 p.m.onNovember 15, 2018.
The mission of theHigh Meadows Fundat the Vermont Community Foundation is to promote vibrant communities and a healthy natural environment while encouraging long-term economic vitality in Vermont. Visithighmeadowsfund.orgfor more information, and find us on Twitter @HighMeadowsFund.
TheVermont Community Foundationinspires giving and brings people and resources together to make a difference in Vermont. A family of hundreds of funds and foundations, we provide the advice, investment vehicles, and back-office expertise that make it easy for the people who care about Vermont to find and fund the causes they love.
The heart of the Community Foundation’s work is closing the opportunity gap—the divide that leaves too many Vermonters struggling to get ahead, no matter how hard they work. We are aligning our time, energy, and discretionary resources on efforts that provide access to early care and learning, pathways to college and career training, support for youth and families, and community and economic vitality. We envision Vermont at its best—where everyone has the opportunity to build a bright, secure future.
Source:vermontcf.org10.11.2018