Since 1996, the Great Bay Partnership has protected several thousand acres of critical habitat in the Great Bay region. Building upon previously successful conservation efforts, the Great Bay Partnership has concentrated on connecting and enlarging unfragmented blocks of permanently protected significant habitat areas in the seacoast of New Hampshire.

The Great Bay Partnership works on a voluntary basis with landowners. The landowner and Great Bay Partnership collaboratively seek to identify and implement conservation options that will permanently protect property. This is accomplished through the donation or purchase of land or conservation easements. A qualified independent appraiser is retained to determine the fair market value of the property or easement when required.

The Nature Conservancy serves as the lead aquisition agent in conservation land transactions on behalf of the Great Bay Partnership. Protected properties are either retained by The Nature Conservancy or transferred to and managed by a qualified Partner organization.

Total Partnership Protected Lands
1996 – April 1, 2010

Protected Lands	Acres	Number of Properties
Partnership Funded	5,502	94
Partnership Cooperative / Donation	153	7
Partnership NAWCA Match	3,052	31
Partnership NAWCA Wetland Restoration	109	3

Partnership Funded includes properties protected through NOAA, NAWCA, municipal, state and federal funds. The properties are conserved through a conservation easement or owned by Partner organization.

Partnership Cooperative / Donation includes properties that Partnership assisted and/or provided financial support. The properties are conserved through a conservation easement or owned by Partner organization.

North American Waterfowl Conservation Act (NAWCA) Match includes properties that have been dedicated as match properties in a Partnership supported NAWCA grant. The properties are conserved through a conservation easement or owned by Partner organization.

Partnership NAWCA Wetland Restoration includes properties with completed wetland restoration projects that have been dedicated as match properties in a Partnership supported NAWCA grant. The properties are conserved through a conservation easement or owned by Partner organization.