The Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EEA) offers yearly grants to communities that have voted to participate in the Partnership (by Select Board, Town Meeting, or Mayoral Vote) and to regional organizations that work in the Partnership Region to advance the goals of the Woodlands Partnership.
Each community may submit or participate in only one application with the exception that a Regional Planning Agency or a community may apply on behalf of more than one community for a regional grant. A community may apply for a municipal grant and also participate in a regional application. Multiple applicants may be selected for funding.
The FY2026 grant round is open. The application can be viewed here.
Applications are due 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15th, 2025. A virtual information session was held on Wednesday, April 16 at 1 p.m. via MS Teams. Contact Vanessa Farny (vanessa.farny@mass.gov) for questions. Please view the workshop presentation and answers to questions received at the workshop.
For reference, FY2025 awardees are detailed here. Grants awarded in previous years can be viewed below.
Funds the design and installation of a cantilevered shade structure for outdoor events and educational programs.
Purchase of a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) for search and rescue purposes and wildlands fire prevention.
Purchase of a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) for search and rescue purposes and wildlands fire prevention.
Evaluates municipal services in the Partnership region to identify opportunities to improve services to meet increasing tourism, use and accessibility of public forests in the region, and ensure that municipal services can keep pace.
Develops a youth-based job program designed to address trail safety, accessibility, and sustainability in the City of North Adams, the town of Savoy, and the town of Williamstown with youth, ages 14-24, recruited and hired from local high schools and colleges.
Continues to implement one of the first climate smart forestry plans in the Commonwealth with data collection to assess the success towards meeting long-term goals and educational signage.
Creates new wayfinding infrastructure to direct the public to trailheads and other public recreation opportunities.
Completes a Wild and Scenic River Feasibility Study and Stewardship Plan for the Deerfield River.
Installation of signage to promote public access, as well as to educate visitors about management practices at three Franklin Land Trust properties located within the Partnership Region.
Establishes the trailhead for a hiking trail along the Deerfield River that will connect to the Mahican Mohawk Trail.
Completes the planting of the Town Green with a diversity of species to replace ash trees lost to the Emerald Ash Borer.
Installation of portable toilets at the Shun Pike rest area to provide facilities for visitors and enhanced parking facilities in town to improve weekend river access and use.
Kate Lindroos Conlin
Woodlands Partnership Coordinator
email | Contact Form
978-952-6856 x131
Lisa Hayden
Woodlands Partnership Administrative Agent
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978-952-6856 x121
