The vermont fish and wildlife conservation grant (t-1-25) carries out conservation activities for species of greatest conservation need (sgcn), identified in the vermont state wildlife action plan

The work will benefit vermont s wildlife and their habitats, and the landscape characteristics they need to sustain resilient populations now and into the future. Grant objectives will focus on the following objectives related to status assessments, habitat management, and conservation efforts for the maintenance and recovery of populations of sgcn invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and fish. This grant supports:1)inventory and conservation of vermonts natural communities, which collectively provide substantial habitat for the vast majority of the states sgcn 2)activities to support broader, landscape-scale conservation planning, analysis, and delivery through vermont conservation design 3)technical assistance within each of the jobs that range from taxonomic groupings to natural communities to landscape conservation including: a.public and private land use planning, responses to public inquiries, and provision of information and recommendations to vermonts endangered species committee. B.technical assistance for the development and utilities regulatory review arenas, to help those communities to avoid, minimize, and mitigate potential impacts to state listed sgcn species as well as to protected rare natural communities.4)the collection and provision of spatial and attribute data on sgcn and their habitats, as well as vermonts natural communities, through vfwds natural heritage inventory, which is maintained with the support of this grant.