$6,315 for “Restoring the Natural Flow of Floodwaters Off Flats Mentor Farm onto Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area.” Funds will be used for the engineering and planning required for possible installation of culverts to restore the natural flow of seasonal flood...
2023 Community Grants
The Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers Wild & Scenic Stewardship Council is pleased to announce that over $35,000 in grant funding was awarded in the second year of our Land Protection Grants Program. The Council awarded full funding for three projects, all of which demonstrate strong commitment towards protecting the rivers’ resources and building local stewardship of the rivers in accordance with the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers Stewardship Plan.
The grants program supports municipalities, land conservation organizations, and state agencies in protecting the riverfront and watershed lands. The program furthers local conservation efforts by providing funds to support acquisition, transaction, due diligence, and management costs associated with land protection. The following projects received funding:
Town of Townsend
$2,263 for “Townsend Non-Native Invasive Plant Training at Adams Dam Area.” This grant will fund the third year of a multi-year effort by the Town to improve the Adams Dam Area by training Town employees and volunteers on identification and removal of invasive...
Shirley Select Board
$5,225 for “Fredonian Park Riparian Restoration Project.” Funds will be used to fund the second year of the 2022 grant to remove invasive plants along the banks of Fredonian Pond and the Catacunemaug Brook. Funds will also be used to replant cleared areas with native...
Pepperell Invasive Native & Plant Advisory Committee (INPAC)
$3,000 for “Invasive Plant Management Support.” The grant will support three projects. The first, culvert maintenance, will continue removal of invasive plants along four town culvert ditches. The second will support garlic mustard removal along town roads and on...
Harvard Conservation Trust
$2,425 for “Harvard Crescent Valley Boardwalk Project.” Funds will be used to build a 48-foot long boardwalk crossing ecologically sensitive wetlands on the Crescent Valley Trail. The trail borders Bowers Brook, a tributary of the Nashua River, and provides connection...
Town of Harvard
$1,050 for “Harvard Waterways and Watershed Awareness.” Grant funding will be used to 1) collect data on culverts and catch basins using the Stormwater app and 2) with this data, create a town-wide map of this infrastructure. This is the first step in a long-term...
Groton Trails Committee
$2.500 for “Nashua Riverwalk Educational Signage.” This grant will fund an accessible .2 mile extension of an existing .2 mile accessible section of the John Tinker Trail in the J. Harry Rich State Forest. In action, two rest areas will be provided and five...
People of Ayer Concerned About the Environment (PACE)
$4,490 for “AYER Community PULL! A Campaign to Remove Water Chestnuts at Grove Pond.” This grant will fund the second year of a community-wide removal program of invasive water chestnuts. In addition, it will fund the acquisition of two canoes for use by volunteers.
Grant funding is provided by the Stewardship Council through the National Park Service under CFDA: 15.962 – National Wild & Scenic Rivers System.