The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2026 recipients of Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $182,140 in grant funds will support conservation work on over 1,870 acres of land. The fifteen conservation projects provide over $200,270 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and municipal governments in the Great Bay watershed of New Hampshire with land protection transaction costs including appraisal, land survey, legal, title, recording fees, easement baseline documentation and environmental assessments. The eligible properties are permanently protected through donation or acquisition of land and conservation easements.

The Spring 2026 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water resources.

The Spring 2026 Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

• Town of Brentwood, $20,000, Conservation Project Grant, Brentwood, NH
• Town of Fremont, $3,500, Appraisal Grant, Fremont NH
• Town of Newmarket, $23,426, Conservation Project Grant, Newmarket, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $20,000, Conservation Project Grant, Candia, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $3,000, Appraisal Grant, Madbury, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000, Appraisal Grant, Lee, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $25,000, Conservation Project Grant, Barrington, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $20,214, Conservation Project Grant, Dover, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $2,000, Appraisal Grant, Durham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000 Appraisal Grant, Exeter, East Kingston & Kingston, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $22,000, Conservation Project Grant, Exeter, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000, Appraisal Grant, Durham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $4,000, Appraisal Grant, Durham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $25,000, Conservation Project Grant, Nottingham, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $2,000, Appraisal Grant, Rochester, NH
  

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in the Fall of 2026. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

Funding for the Land Protection Transaction Grant program is provided by the Great Bay 2030 Initiative, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2026 recipients of Stewardship Grant Program awards. The nine grant recipients received a total of $88,730 in grant funds to support stewardship projects on 931 acres of conservation land in the Great Bay Watershed and Coastal Watershed. Grant recipients provided over $38,248 in matching funds.

The Stewardship Grant Program assists with stewardship costs for permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay Watershed and Coastal Watershed of New Hampshire. Stewardship activities supported by this grant program include habitat management, existing trail maintenance, property and project planning, and natural resource inventory projects. Eligible applicants include the fee owner or conservation easement holder of an eligible conservation property, including land trusts, municipalities and units of governments.

The Spring 2026 grant recipients include:

• Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, $15,698. Habitat Management, Deerfield, NH
• Town of Milton Conservation Commission, $5,080. Habitat Management, Milton, NH
• Town of Milton Conservation Commission, $6,656. Habitat Management, Milton, NH
• Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, $6,075. Conservation Planning, Farmington, NH
• Town of Newmarket Conservation Commission, $13,000. Conservation Planning, Newmarket, NH
• Town of Newmarket Conservation Commission, $13,000. Conservation Planning, Newmarket, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $4,980. Habitat Management, Newfields, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $9,120. Habitat Management, Durham, NH
• Rockingham County Conservation District, $15,121. Conservation Planning, Rye, NH

The Stewardship Grant Program will have a grant round in the Fall of 2026. See the Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

Funding for the Stewardship Grant Program is provided by the Great Bay 2030 Initiative and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Spring 2025 recipients of Land Protection
Transaction Grant Program grant awards. A total of $105,000 in grant funds will support conservation work on 500 acres of land. The ten conservation projects provide $137,700 in matching funds.

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program assists land trusts, conservation organizations and
municipal governments in the Coastal watershed of New Hampshire with land protection transaction
costs including appraisal, land survey, legal, title, recording fees, easement baseline documentation and
environmental assessments. The eligible properties are permanently protected through donation or
acquisition of land and conservation easements.

The Spring 2025 grant awards include conservation properties representing a diversity of natural
resources including woodlands, agricultural lands and open fields, important wildlife habitats and water
resources.

The Spring 2025 Land Protection Transaction Grant Recipients:

• Town of Brentwood, $13,250, Conservation Project Grant, Brentwood, NH
• Town of Newmarket, $1,500, Appraisal Grant, Newmarket, NH
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests, $20,135, Conservation Project Grant, Madbury, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,000, Appraisal Grant, Exeter, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,000, Appraisal Grant, Epping, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $3,000, Appraisal Grant, Durham & Madbury, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $16,027, Conservation Project Grant, Barrington, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $7,240, Conservation Project Grant, Deerfield, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $18,500, Conservation Project Grant, Madbury, NH
• The Nature Conservancy, NH, $25,000, Conservation Project Grant, Durham, NH
  

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program will have a grant round in the Spring of 2026. See the
Great Bay Partnership website for additional details.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the
coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the Land
Protection Transaction Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great
Bay 2030 Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource
Protection Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership announced the Fall 2025 recipients of Stewardship Grant
Program awards. Four grant recipients received a total of $26,922 in grant funds to support stewardship
projects on 708 acres of conservation land in the Great Bay Watershed. Grant recipients provided over
$8,800 in matching funds.

The Stewardship Grant Program assists with stewardship costs for permanently protected conservation
lands in the Great Bay Watershed of New Hampshire. Stewardship activities supported by this grant
program include habitat management, existing trail maintenance, property and project planning, and
natural resource inventory projects. Eligible applicants include the fee owner or conservation easement
holder of an eligible conservation property, including land trusts, municipalities and units of governments.

The Fall 2025 grant recipients include:

• Town of Milton, $5,475. Habitat Management, Milton, NH
• Town of Milton, $7,247. Habitat Management, Milton, NH
• Southeast Land Trust of NH, $7,700. Habitat Management, Barrington, NH
• The Nature Conservancy, $6,500. Trail Maintenance, Durham, NH

The Stewardship Grant Program will have a grant round in the Spring of 2026. See the Great Bay
Partnership website for additional details.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the
coastal region that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship. Funding for the
Stewardship Grant program is provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Great Bay 2030
Initiative. The Nature Conservancy serves as the fiscal agent for the Great Bay Resource Protection
Partnership grant program.

Full PDF press release.

For questions about the grant program contact us.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership (GBRPP) is offering grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the Great Bay watershed area of New Hampshire. The Spring 2026 grant round will accept applications for both the Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs.

Electronic submittal instructions are found in the LPTGP Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the Spring 2026 LPTGP Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF) and LPTGP Application Form (PDF).

Full press release: Land Protection Transaction Grants Available Spring 2026 (PDF)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership offers grants to assist with land stewardship costs for the permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay Watershed NH communities. For 2026 applications, professional services to develop the SGP application is eligible as a reimbursable grant cost or project match cost (see Application Instructions).

Electronic submittal instructions are found in the Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the Spring 2026 Stewardship Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF), Application Form (PDF), and Landowner Consent Form (PDF).

Full press release: Stewardship Grants Available Spring 2026 (PDF)

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership offers grants to assist with land stewardship costs for the permanently protected conservation lands in the Great Bay Watershed NH communities.

Electronic submittal instructions are found in the Application Instructions. Contact the Great Bay Coordinator with any questions.

Download the Fall 2025 Stewardship Grant Program Information and Application Instructions (PDF), Application Form (PDF), and Landowner Consent Form (PDF).

Full press release: Stewardship Grants Available Fall 2025 (PDF)

The Land Protection Transaction Grant Program provides grants to assist with land transaction costs for the permanent land protection projects in the Great Bay watershed area of New Hampshire. Two types of grants are available: Grant Program 1 Prospective Project Appraisals and Grant Program 2 Completed Project Transaction Costs.

The next Land Protection Transaction Grant Program grant round is planned for March-April 2026.