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Since 2001, the NH Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) program has contributed to the ongoing success of more than 150 projects around New Hampshire. Every county has benefited from the funds raised through the sale of Moose Plates.

• Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge
• Peregrine Falcon and Chick
• Roadside Lupine in White Mountains
• Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion State Historic Site
• Laconia Library Window

Grant Information

For more information about grants available from Moose Plate funds, please contact one of the following agencies.

New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources

New Hampshire Department of Transportation

New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development

New Hampshire Fish and Game

New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program

New Hampshire State Conservation Committee

2013 Conservation Grant Awards Announced

The State Conservation Committee announces today that it is awarding $299,532 in Conservation Grants to fifteen New Hampshire municipalities and conservation organizations.

The State Conservation Committee (SCC) announces the 2013 Conservation Grant Program recipients who are to be awarded a total of $299,532 in grant funds.  The SCC’s recommendations will be considered by the Governor and Executive Council in 2013 and once approved the projects may proceed.

The 2013 grant award recipients include:

1. Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Cooley Jericho Community Forest, $25,000.

1. Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, Hinman Pond Conservation Project, $40,000.
2. Cheshire County Conservation District, Boggy Meadow Farm Milk House Waste & Barn Yard Runoff Project, $29,634.
3. Cheshire County Conservation District, Cover Crop Roller Crimper Project, $4,999.
4. Five Rivers Conservation Trust, Twig Property, $30,000.
5. Harrisville, Town of, Conservation Commission, Harrisville NH Natural Resource Inventory & Conservation Plan, $4,999.
6. Monadnock Conservancy, California Brook Natural Area, $20,000.
7. New England Mountain Bike Association, Bear Brook State Park: Improving Water Crossing & Correcting Erosion / Sedimentation Problems on the Sentinel Pine & Cascade Trails, $2,000.
8. New Hampshire Audubon, Sunapee Hills, Newbury, $10,000.
9. Rockingham County Conservation District, Odiorne Point Coastal Salt Pond Marsh Restoration- Phase III, $4,900.
10. Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Hazelton Farm Conservation Easement Purchase, $25,000.
11. Southeast Land Trust of NH, Amber Acres Farm, $20,000.
12. Strafford County Conservation District, Strafford-Rockingham County Small Farm No-Till Initiative, $33,000.
13. The Nature Conservancy, Green Hills Conservation Project, $15,000.
14. Trust for Public Land, Sprucewood Forest Project, $35,000.

“The State Conservation Committee is pleased to support these important conservation projects in communities throughout New Hampshire” said Dea Brickner-Wood, Administrator for the SCC’s Conservation Grant Program.

The State Conservation Committee’s annual competitive grant program provides funds to projects that result in the improvement of water quality, protection of wildlife habitat, prevention of erosion and flooding, implementation of best management practices, conservation planning, and the permanent protection of conservation land.  To learn more about the State Conservation Committee Conservation Grant Program, visit www.nh.gov/scc/grants

The SCC Conservation Grant Program is funded through the purchase of Conservation License Plates, known as “Moose Plates”.  The State of New Hampshire dedicates all funds raised through the purchase of Moose Plates to the promotion, protection and investment in New Hampshire's natural, historical and cultural resources. To buy a Moose Plate, visit your municipal office in person when you register your car, and gift certificates may be purchase at www.mooseplate.com

The State Conservation Committee is administratively attached to the NH Dept. of Agriculture, Markets & Food. For more information contact Dea Brickner-Wood, Administrator, (603) 868-6112, bluesky24@comcast.net or www.nh.gov/scc