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Land trusts and their partners are invited to apply to the 2025 Cornell Land Trust Small Grant Program, which will award $260,000 to as many as 14 projects throughout the country. This program provides funding opportunities to facilitate impactful projects that accelerate and amplify land stewardship and bird conservation on land trust properties and easements.

In this edition, we encourage applications to our small grant RFP in 2025, highlight a resource from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, share information about the North American Grasslands Conservation Act, feature a small grant success story, and more!

In this edition, we highlight the ways the Cornell Lab is turning science into action, share a new website from Burning for Birds, explain changes to small grants in 2025, feature updates to our website, and more!

In this edition, we announce the 2024 Cornell Land Trust Small Grant awardees and describe some of the work they are doing to help create bird-friendly habitat and build capacity and partnerships in the conservation community.

In this edition:
• New Workshop Guide
• Birding Hotspots Website
• Wings in the Woodlands
• Burning for Birds StoryMap
• New Conservation Research
• BirdCast Migration Maps

The Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative (VGBI) has worked with partners across three Regional Conservation Partnerships in Virginia to successfully build out a novel outreach approach that is accelerating the adoption of conservation best management practices in the region. Follow this link to learn more about VGBI’s Conservation Speed-Dating Workshops and download a guide to hosting an event in your region.

In this edition, we offer examples of land trust small grant activities, share details on the Great Backyard Bird Count and the Young Birders Event, highlight the popularity of birding in the U.S., offer a coupon code for a Bird Academy course, and provide information about using Macaulay Library assets.

Request for Proposals is Open!
The Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative is pleased to announce the 2024 Land Trust Small Grant Program, which will award $230,000 to as many as 14 projects throughout the country. This program provides funding opportunities to facilitate impactful projects that accelerate and amplify land stewardship and bird conservation on land trust properties and easements.

In this edition, we announce the next round of land trust small grants opening in January 2024, highlight the recent update to eBird Status and Trends, and share news from the American Ornithological Society about revising eponymous bird names.

In this edition, we highlight projects using bioacoustic recordings to conserve birds, feature a toolkit to help land trusts create wildlife corridors, explore the universal appeal of birding, provide a link to a short film about conservation in grasslands, and share important upcoming dates.

In this edition, we announce the 2023 Cornell Land Trust Small Grant awardees and highlight some of the work they are doing for bird conservation and community engagement on land trusts.

In this edition, we announce three tools to help land trusts engage their community and highlight some of our partners to show how different land trust trusts are celebrating spring migration and working to conserve birds.