From the latest edition of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s CZ-mail:
Parks and Conservation Land Grants – EEA’s Division of Conservation Services is seeking applications for the fiscal year 2012 Parkland Acquisition and Renovation for Communities (PARC) and the Local Acquisition for Natural Diversity (LAND) programs. PARC grants assist communities with the acquisition of parkland, as well as construction of new parks and renovation of existing parks. LAND grants provide funds to municipal conservation commissions for the purchase of conservation land. A grant workshop will be held on May 4 at 10:00 a.m.at 100 Cambridge Street, Boston. Please RSVP to Melissa Cryan at melissa.cryan@state.ma.us if interested in a PARC grant or Celia Riechel at celia.riechel@state.ma.us if interested in a LAND grant. Applications are due by July 14.