Orange, Shelburne businesses get grants for wildlife habitat management
Orange resident Fred Heyes plans to use state grant funding to create 8 acres of young forest off Tully Road, “which will encourage the return of wildlife that requires young forest in order to breed and thrive.” Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Orange resident Fred Heyes plans to use state grant funding to create 8 acres of young forest off Tully Road, “which will encourage the return of wildlife that requires young forest in order to breed and thrive.” Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 1/26/2021 3:18:59 PM
Two Franklin County institutions are among nine across the state to benefit from wildlife habitat management grant money for 10 improvement projects totaling 308 acres in Massachusetts.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Trustees get $50,000 for Long Point restoration
The Baker-Polito administration recently awarded $50,000 to the town of West Tisbury for The Trustees of Reservations to conduct savanna and scrub oak-heath shrubland restoration at Long Point Wildlife Refuge, according to a press release.
In total, $307,631 has been awarded to individuals, municipalities, and organizations across the state for projects to improve habitat for native Massachusetts wildlife.
The grants are provided through the Wildlife Habitat Management Grant Program, administered by the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, and will support 10 wildlife habitat improvement projects totaling 308 acres in nine Massachusetts communities.