F24AS00445 Highlands Conservation Act - Competitive Grant Round

The Highlands Conservation Act Program provides funding to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in the permanent protection of land and natural resources in the Highlands Region. The program supports land conservation projects in which a State, County, or Municipal entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to conserve resources of high conservation value. • Eligible projects must be located within the Highlands Region or in a Municipality within the Highlands Expansion Opportunity Area. • The total Federal funding request cannot exceed 50% of the total project cost. • Eligible costs include the acquisition cost of the fee or conservation easement, and certain typical land transaction costs. • The program requires a 50% non-Federal cost share. • The expected award amount is between $25,000 and $4,316,457. • The project duration is expected to be 3 years. • The program supports the goals set forth in the Biden Harris Administration's America the Beautiful Initiative, including the conservation of 30 percent of America's lands and waters by the year 2030.