Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) Land Acquisition Program seeks to invest in land conservation projects that protect significant conservation values, connect people to place, create landscape scale connectivity, and bolster the health of people and communities.
Donor Name: Great Outdoors Colorado
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/26/2023
Details:
As your conservation partner, proud to work with you to identify and support important urban and rural landscape, waterway, and habitat protection priorities and improve access to the outdoors. Together, the land conservation efforts are securing the state’s irreplaceable natural resources, contributing to strong and resilient ecosystems, mitigating the negative impacts of climate change, and providing places for people to connect with the outdoors.
GOCO invites partners to work collaboratively to pursue land conservation goals that represent shared priorities among a community. Partners should consider community impacts and elevate diverse perspectives as they develop land conservation projects.
To support the full scope of a land acquisition project and its intended outcomes, applicants may request funding, as needed, for the following components:
- Land acquisition and due diligence costs,
- Local capacity building through investments in existing staff, community members and/or consultants,
- Community planning, organizing, and collaboration,
- Habitat restoration,
- Site specific management plans, and
- Storytelling, project communications and celebrations
Eligibility Criteria
- Colorado municipality or county
- Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fund
- Political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas
- 501(c)(3) non-profit land conservation organization that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas, e.g., land trusts
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
For more information, visit GOCO.