Staff reports 8:22 a.m.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018 8:22 am

The Bullwinkle Land Forest project is headed by Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire. (SELT photo)

CONCORD - Two Strafford County conservation projects including one in Farmington have been awarded money thanks to the 2019 Moose Plate Grant Program.

All in all, $335,768 in grant funding was awarded to 19 projects that will protect, restore, and enhance the state's valuable natural resources, it was announced recently by the New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture, Markets and Food.

The NH State Conservation Committee's competitive grant program awards funding annually to exceptional projects that enhance conservation benefits in one of six project categories: Water Quality and Quantity, Wildlife Habitat, Soil Conservation and Flooding, Best Management Practices, Conservation Planning, and Land Conservation.

Eligible grant applicants include county conservation districts, municipalities, qualified conservation nonprofit organizations, county cooperative extension natural resource programs, public and private schools (Kindergarten through Grade 12), and scout groups.

The two area grants were $15,000 to Southeast Land Trust of NH to protect the Bullwinkle Forest in Farmington and $24,000 to the Strafford County Conservation District for its Conservation Equipment & Soil Health Partnership, a countywide effort.