This is a grant to the harris center for conservation education to facilitate their acquisition of the sargent camp community forest, a forested property selected for funding through a competitive…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Eastern Region (Region 9), awarded $600,000 to the Harris Center for Conservation Education on September 11, 2025, under the Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (CFDA 10.689). This Project Grant facilitates the awardee's acquisition of the Sargent Camp Community Forest, a forested property in New Hampshire selected through a competitive process. The property will be acquired by the end of 2027 and subsequently managed as a community forest under an approved community forest management plan.

The Community Forest Program provides financial assistance to qualified conservation nonprofit organizations, tribal entities, and local governments to acquire and establish community forests that deliver measurable community benefits. These benefits include environmental conservation, recreational public access, sustainable forest management opportunities, forest-based educational programming, and economic benefits derived from timber and non-timber forest products. All funded projects require public access to acquired forestlands and must maintain a minimum 50 percent non-federal cost-share contribution. The grant period extends through July 31, 2030, allowing adequate time for property acquisition, due diligence completion, and establishment of the community forest management framework.

This is a grant to the harris center for conservation education to facilitate their acquisition of the sargent camp community forest, a forested property selected for funding through a competitive process based on the public benefits this acquisition will have on the surrounding community. The property will be acquired by the end of 2027 and will be subsequently managed as a community forest under an approved community forest plan.