Awardee Name
White River Partnership
Grant Type
State
Project Title
White River Watershed Landscape Auction
Awardee State/Territory
Vermont
Involved States/territories
Vermont
Award Year
2009
End Date
Award Amount
$12,000.00
Production/Use
Natural Areas
Grassland (Includes Pasture/Rangeland)
Forestry
Farmland Agricultural
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Conservation Practice(s)
Nutrient Management
Project Background
This initiative will pilot a new market-based payment mechanism known as a Landscape Auction to help conserve ecological, historical, and social values that are provided from privately-owned agricultural and forest lands in Vermont's White River Watershed. The White River Watershed provides vital ecosystem services, many of which face pressures from non-point source pollution, development, non-native invasive species, and other threats.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No