The purpose of the heritage partnership program funding is to engage national heritage area recipients partners communities and or visitors in shared environmental stewardship

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,332,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939) to The Last Green Valley, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Danielson, Connecticut. The purpose of this multi-year award, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2026, is to engage national heritage area recipients, partners, communities, and visitors in shared environmental stewardship. The funding supports the implementation of The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor's management plan, promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities. Key activities include developing interpretive guides, organizing regional events, supporting historic preservation initiatives, conducting woodland conservation programs, monitoring water quality, and leading regional planning efforts. This grant enables The Last Green Valley, Inc. to deliver comprehensive initiatives that benefit local governments, non-profit organizations, private entities, and the general public within the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor region.

This is done by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation conservation education and outdoor recreation programs and activities and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. This project supports the implementation of the last green valley national heritage corridors management plan. Beneficiaries include general public states and or their political subdivisions nonprofits private entities the heritage area management coordinating entity.