Application Deadline:

Friday February 27, 2009  5:00 p.m.

Send application to:

Land Preservation Section
EP&GMD
1 N University Drive, Suite 301
Plantation, Florida 33324

lsp@broward.org

Draft Proposals:

Revision period: November 10 to December 19, 2008.

Contact us:

For more information please contact:

Paul Krashefski at 954-519-1297 or send an email to lsp@broward.org

Program Description: The Biological Resources Division of the Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department has initiated the Land Stewardship Program, a five-year capital improvement program to fund the ecological restoration of natural lands within Broward County through "Partners in Preservation" Grant Program. This program will provide $500,000 a year for five years for the removal of invasive non-native vegetation and replanting with appropriate native plants or public properties in Broward County with contain one or more defined native vegetative communities. The proposed maximum grant is $50,000 per project.

Qualified Applicants: Municipalities and County Agencies that own and manage natural lands with native vegetative communities that have not previously requested county funding for public land impacted by invasive non-native vegetation.

Funding Requirement: Except as provided in this section, funds from this grant may only be applied to the actual costs incurred  for the  initial removal or eradication of invasive non-native vegetation. The grant funding is only for projects that propose treatment or containment of invasions to new areas. No part of this grand funding shall be used for project management, administration or overhead costs. The grant funding may not be used to cover costs associated with the preparation, submission or presentation of the funding application.

Project Match Requirement:  No match is required but consideration will be given to those entities providing a match if funding is insufficient to award all applicants. The applicant's cost-share match can be direct (actual) or contributions (e.g. equipment, material, expenses or labor).

Application Receipt Deadline: The 7-page application, required attachments, and digital photographs must be received by the Grant Coordinator no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, February 27, 2009.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered for award.
Staff encourages electronic submission of the application and all associated documents. If you choose to send application by mail, please submit it in a letter sized manila folder, all attachments labeled and photographs on CDR. No plastic binders please.

Proposal Drafts: Program staff is available should you wish to submit a draft proposal. Draft proposals may be submitted for review and comment from Nov. 10 - Dec. 19, 2008. Time restraint  will not allow staff to revise any proposal and give comments to potential applicants if submitted after the last date noted in the timeline. Comments do not form part of the formal review process and have no bearing on the final award outcome of the application, but may help strengthen it.

Submit drafts by email to:
lsp@broward.org

or regular mail to:
Land Stewardship Program
EP&GMD
1 N University Drive, Suite 301
Plantation, Florida 33324

  Grant Resources

Grant support information
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Download Application
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