Ohio Forestry Grants available
The Ohio Forestry Association Foundation will open its grant application window Friday, Sept. 15. These grants will generally be small-scale and are designed to assist an organization in a conservation education project, with a maximum individual grant amount of $2,500.
Applications will be accepted between Sept. 15 and Oct. 13 this year, with grant awards being selected and announced by Dec. 1 for funding to be used in the following calendar year.
To apply, visit www.ohioforest.org/general/custom.asp?page=Grants.
Examples of past grant recipients include:
-$1000 to help fund the purchase of a Portable Sawmill for a Natural Resource Class at a Career Center
-$1000 to sponsor a Forestry Station at a State Envirothon
-$1000 to help fund an Educational Trip for College Forestry Students
-$1500 to sponsor a 4-H Woodworking Day at the State Fair
-$1,750 to fund forestry programming at an Environmental Learning Center
-$2,000 to purchase basic forester equipment for youth education
-$2,500 to help fund the Best Management Practices for Logging Manual
Learn more at www.ohioforest.org/page/Foundation.