Newbury Nonprofit Receives Grant to Conserve Land

The Newburyport Current reported that roughly 26 acres of land will be conserved in Newbury, MA by Essex County Greenbelt, after the group received a $47,450 state grant to do so. The grant is one of seven Conservation Partnership Grants awarded by the state. In 2011 there will be nearly half a million dollars granted through the Conservation Partnership Program to preserve 374 acres throughout the Bay State.

“Conservation Partnership grants are designed to help nonprofit organizations purchase land or interests in land (such as conservation restrictions) for conservation or recreation.” The land must also provide a benefit to the public.

The grant given to Greenbelt will be used to conserve an area in Newbury that abut the Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area, a 2,500-acre wildlife conservation. The land which contains a large wetland area, a hardwood forest and several streams is a “critical wildlife habitat” to area wildlife.

Read the entire Newburyport Current article.