2021 COA Mini-Grant Recipients

Mini-Grant 2021 PUMA Gourds
Purple Martin Gourd installation 2021
Purple Martin eggs. Photo Bill Ponterella
Purple Martin

We received 22 Mini-Grant applications. The eleven successful applications are as follows.

A Place Called Hope$320Purchase a special scale so that they could weigh the eagles and large raptors, weight being an important indicator of health
East Granby Land Trust$300Replant an area of the property known as Griffin Marsh with native plants. This land has been cleared of invasives and is ready for planting
Marvelwood School$709Expand their established Purple Martin colony and for additional supplies to continue their existing banding operations
Connecticut Audubon’s Roger Tory Peterson Center$850
24-gourd Purple Martin nesting station at their new facility on the Lieutenant River. This has matching funds
Helmstead Farm$4008 bluebird nest boxes
Friends of Sherwood Island$2706 bluebird boxes
The Environmental Learning Center$942
A project to map the abundance of Grasshopper Sparrows at Robert’s Field (The Hoppers) in Bristol where habitat of this state listed endangered species is being threatened by invasive plant species. The project will be conducted by DEEP scientists
Nicholas Ponterella$70024-gourd Purple Martin nesting station
The Friends of Boulder Knoll$250Kestrel nest box
The Friends of Holcomb Farm$500Native plants to be planted along their arboretum, The Holcomb Tree Trail
The Friends of the Farm at Hilltop$1,000Native plants to be planted along a wetlands boardwalk trail from which they have removed the invasive species