Vermont Housing & Conservation Board - Vermont Legislature

Conservation Awards July 2011– December 20126Catamount Trail AssociationOrganizational Development Grant.$11,000 award for organizational developmentcosts.Cross Vermont Trail AssociationKlein-Ziegler Stewardship, Plainfield.$1,160 award for stewardship of a traileasement on the Klein-Zeigler farm.Organizational Development Grant.$16,000 award for organizational developmentcosts.The Green Mountain ClubOrganizational Development Grant.$26,000 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Isle La Motte Reef Preservation TrustGoodsell Ridge Enhancement Project, IsleLa Motte. $28,000 VHCB award for additionof one acre to existing fossil preserveconserving the world’s oldest reef. Totalproject costs: $45,000Lake Champlain Land TrustOrganizational Development Grant.$25,500 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Middlebury Area Land TrustOrganizational Development Grant.$12,072 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Preservation Trust of VermontMoravian Cabin Stewardship, Stowe$7,500 VHCB award for documentationand stewardship of historic preservationeasement.Marble Museum, Proctor. $107,500 VHCBaward to assist with acquisition and preservationof the Vermont Marble Museum.Once the main manufacturing plant of theVermont Marble Company, the museumwill be an educational center and touristdestination based upon the history of themarble industry and the study of geology.Total project costs: $926,500STATEWIDEFeasibility Fund. $25,000 recapitalizationof fund to provide awards of up to $8,000for predevelopment costs includingsurveys, options and appraisals.Organizational Development Grants$241,000 for FY2013 organizational developmentgrants to 9 conservation organizationsoperating around the state.VHCB Farm Viability Program$380,000 for service providers offeringbusiness planning and technical assistanceto farmers.Stowe Land TrustCady Hill, Stowe. $350,000 VHCB awardto acquire, conserve and convey 257acres to the town. Nine miles of mountainbike and walking trails add to a trailnetwork being developed by the VermontRide Center, providing economic stimulusthrough tourism. $250,000 Townof Stowe; $1 million private fundraisingcampaign. Total project costs: $1,525,500Mill Trail Moravian Cabin Restoration,Stowe. $60,000 VHCB award for stabilizationand restoration of historic cabinwith significance to Vermont’s ski history.Total project costs: $123,500The Nature ConservancyBlack Mountain, Dummerston. $73,630VHCB award to purchase and conserve25 acres on Black Mountain, addingto 583-acre nature preserve. Rare andunique natural communities. Publictrail for hunting, walking, hiking, andsnowshoeing. Frontage on Black MountainRoad will allow for development of aparking area and the addition of a kiosk.Total project costs: $85,155.Davitt Property, Maidstone Bends,Maidstone. $58,500 VHCB award foracquisition of 68 acres of ConnecticutRiver frontage in partnership with theUpper Connecticut River Mitigation andEnhancement Fund.Hicks Property, North Pawlet Hills,Pawlet. $375,000 VHCB award towardsacquisition of 524 acres for addition to921-acre North Pawlet Hills Natural Areawith public trails and access for walking,hunting, skiing. Total project costs:$697,500.Morelli Property, Pawlet. $230,700 VHCBaward to purchase conservation easementon 181 acres for addition to North PawletHills Preserve, an ecological area of statewidesignificance. Total project costs:$299,200Windsor County Fen Watershed, Phase2, Barnard. $34,000 VHCB award topurchase conservation easement on 30acres for addition to project protectingwatershed of a fen of statewide significance.Total project costs: $123,500Organizational Development Grant.$28,000 award for organizational developmentcosts and stewardship activities.Town of Wells and Vermont Land TrustDelaney Project, Wells. $91,000 VHCBaward to purchase and conserve 186 acresforest and lakeshore land for the Town ofWells. 17-acre lakeshore parcel includes2,000 feet frontage on Lake St. Catherine.Total project costs: $463,000