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This edition of the land trust eNewsletter announces the next round of land trust small grants opening in January and highlights the 2021 awardees and their projects. It also features resources such as a Farm Bill Field Guide for Fish and Wildlife Conservation, free Bird Academy lectures, the new Merlin Sound ID, and eBird and bird-friendly forestry webinar recordings and resources.

The Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative awarded a grant to the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County in California to help conserve and steward a spectacular 1,700 acre ranch property for wetland habitat restoration and birds in perpetuity. This impactful land acquisition preserves land that was at great risk of being developed within an important wildlife corridor running from Big Sur to the Mexican border.

Find resources and recorded webinars produced by the Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative and their partners, demonstrating the power of eBird and how to use eBird science data to support activities such as land acquisition, monitoring, and engagement with stakeholders and the birding community, as well as bird-friendly forestry techniques to help advance management and forest stewardship opportunities in your region.

The request for proposals is open for the 2021 Land Trust Grant Program. This eNewsletter outlines the three grant tracks and how to apply.

In this edition, we announce the next round of land trust small grants opening in January, launch a new land acquisition program in California, highlight an article about diversifying forest age and structure to benefit birds in Eastern forests, and share eBird and Merlin Bird ID videos.

The largest opportunity for recovering bird populations and stabilizing declining forest health without investing massive resources is to capitalize on routine, private forest management. This is especially true on land trust properties where sustainability and wildlife-habitat enhancement are often primary goals. Learn more about managing for Eastern-forest birds through new publications from Audubon Mid-Atlantic.

In this issue we announce the 2020 Land Trust Small Grant awardees and invite you to attend a webinar through the Land Trust Alliance public series titled: The Power of Birds to Amplify Conservation, Stewardship and Community Outreach.

Read the press release about the nine, exciting projects awarded land trust small grants in 2020.

In this issue, we introduce free bird resources, outline steps land trusts can take to help curb bird declines, and provide an update on exciting eBird science products. We also highlight a new birdwatching course and a great educational video from a land trust partner, plus invite readers to participate in Global Big Day and share success stories involving private land and bird conservation.

Bird populations have undergone a dramatic decline since 1970, but land trusts can play a critical role in their recovery effort through stewardship and protection of private lands. Read about steps land trusts can take to help curb the declines in a feature article from the spring issue of Saving Land Magazine.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 request for proposals for the Land Trust Small Grant Program. Included in this eNewsletter is a list of the application questions.

In this edition, we announce the upcoming RFP for the Land Trust Small Grant Program and highlight two useful resources for land trusts – the North American Bird Conservation Initiative bird relevancy toolkit and the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s land ethic…