Announcing: 2022 COA Mini-Grant Recipients

Meriden Natural Resources $800 Build a Chimney Swift tower using community youth
Sue Frisch $1,000 Project to restore a heron rookery
Simsbury Land Trust $300  Habitat improvement project
Southington Land Trust $400 Restore habitat with native plants
Sam Merker $675 Bittern study under supervision of Chris Elphick and Min Huang
Nancy James $300 Educate about the hazards of fishing line
Wendy Kovar $600 Osprey platform and perch pole to be erected in Clinton
Canton Land Conservation Trust $400 Pollinator pathway garden in their Peace Pole Park
Hart Magnet School $700 Urban school habitat revitalization
Pollinator Pathway Stamford $500 Plant songbird habitat at Chestnut Hill Park
Freedom First Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. $1,000 Barn Owl nest box project

 

We received 21 applications. Due to limited funding we are not able to fund all and gave preference to new applicants. The awards are as follows:

 

Meriden Natural Resources $800 Build a Chimney Swift tower using community youth
Sue Frisch $1,000 Project to restore a heron rookery
Simsbury Land Trust $300  Habitat improvement project
Southington Land Trust $400 Restore habitat with native plants
Sam Merker $675 Bittern study under supervision of Chris Elphick and Min Huang
Nancy James $300 Educate about the hazards of fishing line
Wendy Kovar $600 Osprey platform and perch pole to be erected in Clinton
Canton Land Conservation Trust $400 Pollinator pathway garden in their Peace Pole Park
Hart Magnet School $700 Urban school habitat revitalization
Pollinator Pathway Stamford $500 Plant songbird habitat at Chestnut Hill Park
Freedom First Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. $1,000 Barn Owl nest box project