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The NRN Small Grants Program provides assistance to landowners, associations and communities in making changes through collaboration. The grants are primarily to support education and outreach activities. The Small Grants Program is a pilot effort to establish the need for and potential effectiveness of providing small grants to individuals and communities for education and planning assistance. The current funding level is modest but hopefully will grow over time as successes accumulate. Listed below are examples of the types of activities that can be supported by the NRN Small Grants Program.

• Hire a Coach to assist in goal-setting for a community
• Hire a Mentor to work with a permittee or grazing association
• Hire a Specialist to assist with a particular community need
• Organize and conduct a planned grazing seminar
• Organize and conduct:
  • a low stress livestock handling clinic
  • herder training
  • a range school for a local community
  • a tour of a regional ranch
  • range health workshops
  • monitoring workshops
  • riparian restoration workshops
• Provide support for GIS maps or related resource planning/ management support
• Link community members to specialized resources

The basic criteria for funding are:

• The project or activity involves Forest Service permittees or Forest Service lands, or
• Involves water related projects east of the Rio Grande in NM or TX.
• Projects require a 1:1 cash or in-kind match.

Grants range in size from $1,000 to $5,000. Preference will be given to applications that show the greatest potential for leveraging the initial grant into larger projects or programs.

If you have any questions, please contact Craig Conley at (505)820-2544 or cconley@quiviracoalition.org. Your feedback is appreciated.

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