Nature in Neighborhoods restoration and enhancement grants
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Metro supports partnerships in local communities that connect people with nature and improve watershed health
Keeping nature in neighborhoods
For nearly two decades, Metro has provided grants for habitat restoration, conservation education and other projects that connect people to nature close to home. This year the Metro Council offers $200,000 in Nature in Neighborhood Restoration and Enhancement grants to support habitat restoration, stream and floodplain enhancement and conservation education efforts that strive to engage people and build strong community support for watershed health.Projects or programs that foster innovative public/private relationships and that serve low-income communities and communities of color are encouraged.
Funding requests for planning grants can range from $5,000 to $15,000 and requests for project grants can range from $10,000 to $30,000. All grants can last from 12 to 24 months. Each project requires a 1:1 match and at least three active partners
One hundred projects plus 100 partners
From 2006 to 2011, the Metro Council awarded nearly one hundred Nature in Neighborhood Restoration and Enhancement grants for a total of $1.725 million. This money leveraged $8 million of additional investments, engaged more than a hundred partner organizations and generated 100,000 volunteer hours to restore local rivers and streams, fight invasive weeds, provide trips into nature for children and service learning opportunities for all ages.
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Related Documents
- Final Application 2013 Restoration & Enhancement Grants 126K MS Word
- Final Application_2013 Restoration and Enhancement Grants 240K Adobe Acrobat PDF
- 2013 Program information_Restoration and Enhancement grants 741K Adobe Acrobat PDF
- 2012 Restoration and Enhancement grant presentation 1.3M Adobe Acrobat PDF
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Boots on the ground
Kids dig deep, plant roots in Lents restoration project
Ed Kearns of the Lents Springwater Corridor habitat restoration project used grant funds to plant 6,000 native trees and shrubs along a quarter-mile stretch of the Springwater Corridor with the help of hundreds of local youth and adult volunteers. To date, 300 cubic yards of concrete, gravel and asphalt have been removed and recycled from the former lumber mill site in outer Southeast Portland.