Legacy Land Conservation Program News
What's new with the Legacy Land Conservation Program:
Hawaii's Legacy Land Conservation Program Seeks Applicants for Funding
The Legacy Land Conservation Program is seeking applicants for grants from the State Land Conservation Fund to fund the protection, through acquisition, of lands having value as a resource to the State of Hawaii. For details, click here (pdf).
Five Projects Approved for Legacy Land Conservation Program Funding
Five State and nonprofit applicants will receive grant funds for the permanent protection of lands having cultural, archeological and natural resource values. These funds will leverage approximately $6.6 million in matching federal funds and $1.5 million in private and county funds towards the protection of Hawai‘i’s resources. Read more here (pdf).
Hawaii Legacy Land Conservation Program seeks applicants for up to $4.7 million in land acquisition funding.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Legacy Land Conservation Program (LLCP) is seeking applicants for grants from the State Land Conservation Fund to fund the protection, through acquisition, of lands having value as a resource to the State of Hawaii. For details, click here (pdf).
Legacy Land Conservation Program Honored with Conservation Innovation Award
At the 2008 Hawaii Conservation Conference, the Hawaii Conservation Alliance honored the greater land acquisition community, including the Legacy Land Conservation Program & Commission with a Conservation Innovation Award for its significant advances to the structure and nature of environmental conservation in Hawai‘i. Read the web article here.
Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approves five new Legacy Land Conservation Program grants.
On May 9, 2008, the BLNR granted $4.7 million to county agencies and nonprofit land conservation organizations for the protection, through acquisition, of lands having value as a resource to the State of Hawai‘i. For details, click here (pdf).
Farm
and ranch lands on Moloka‘i become the first lands to be
permantly protected through the Legacy Land Conservation Program.
In coordination with the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and the State Legacy Land Conservation Program, the Maui Coastal Land Trust (MCLT) has purchased a permanent conservation easement over 168 acres of ranch land on Moloka‘i. Read MCLT's press release here (pdf).
