Vermont Housing Conservation Board 2005 - Vermont Housing and ...

Conservation Awards July 2004 –June 2005
Kingsley Farm, Pittsford. 108,500 award
for acquisition of conservation easements,
associated costs and stewardship of 143-acre
dairy with public canoe and fishing access
on the Otter Creek. Includes an option to
purchase at agricultural value. 88,000
NRCS grant. Total project cost: 196,500.
Lake Paran Conservation Project, Shaftsbury.
248,787 award for the conservation
and public access easement on 56 acres with
2,850 feet of Lake Paran shoreline. Total
project cost: 288,787.
LeRiche Farmland, Morrisville. 48,250
award for acquisition of conservation easements,
associated costs and stewardship of
66 acres of cropland. Parcel includes riparian
forest protection and pedestrian public access
along Lamoille River. Includes an option
to purchase at agricultural value. 27,750
NRCS grant. Total project cost: 76,000.
Titus Farm, Charlotte. 63,000 local conservation
award for acquisition of conservation
easements, associated costs and stewardship
of 62-acre dairy. Inter-generational transfer.
Includes an option to purchase at agricultural
value. Non-motorized public trail
access along Guinea Road. 120,000 NRCS
grant. Total project cost: 340,000.
Troy River Parcels, Troy. 30,700 local
conservation award for acquisition, stewardship
and associated costs of 16 acres for
community gardens, canoe and river access,
camping, river buffer and continued use as
farmland by local organic dairy. Total project
cost: 173,770.
Paquette Farm, Ferrisburgh. 115,200 award
for acquisition of conservation easements,
associated costs and stewardship of 108-acre
dairy farm. Includes an option to purchase
at agricultural value. 97,000 NRCS grant.
Total project cost: 214,600.
Paraskevopoulos Farmland, New Haven.
144,900 award for acquisition of conservation
easements, associated costs and
stewardship of 146 bareland acres rented
to neighboring dairy. Includes an option
to purchase at agricultural value. 124,000
NRCS grant. Total project cost: 268,900.
Roy Farm, New Haven. 67,000 award for
acquisition of conservation easements, associated
costs and stewardship of 76-acre
dairy. 46,500 NRCS grant. Total project
cost: 113,500.
Yandow I, II, III, St. Albans/Swanton.
295,600 award for acquisition of conservation
easements, associated costs and
stewardship of 441-acre dairy for addition
to a large block of conserved farmland. Includes
an option to purchase at agricultural
value.244,000 NRCS grant. Total project
cost: 544,300.
A&E Underwood Farm, Swanton. 80,500
award for acquisition of conservation easements,
associated costs and stewardship of
115 acres farmland; abuts 1,500-acre block
of conserved farmland. Includes an option
to purchase at agricultural value. 60,000
NRCS grant. Total project cost: 140,500.
Organizational Development Grant. 80,000
grant for organizational development costs.
Total organizational budget: 11,000,000.
Vermont River Conservancy
Organizational Development Grant. 24,000
grant for organizational development
costs.
Village of Barton
Barton Park, Barton. 47,000 award for the
acquisition of a two acres for community
park in the Village providing for public recreational
use. ADA trails, access from Main
Street to the Barton River, riparian protection.
Total project cost: 108,900.
STATEWIDE
Farm Viability Program
Grant awards to five organizations to provide
technical assistance and business planning
for farmers. 377,866.
Feasibility Program
250,000 recapitalization of fund to support
feasibility analysis for predevelopment costs
including appraisals, options, and preliminary
title work.
“As a hiker, hunter,
backwoods skier, and
general user of the
state’s outdoors, I support
efforts to conserve
land that furthers these
uses. I believe the Vermont
Housing and
Conservation Board
and the Green Mountain
Club work towards
conserving and protecting
wild lands for future
Vermonters.”
— Smith “The Old
Ridge Runner” Edwards
Hikers on the Long Trail in Eden.
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