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Vitlly importnt nd irreplceble nturl

lndscpes cross Illinois re thretened by

development, pollution, nd other pressures.These lnds re in urgent need o preservtion.

Grnd Victori Foundtion, through Vitl

Lnds Illinois, supports cquisition nd

preservtion o these etrordinry plces,

with n overll gol o creting sttewide,

connected system o nturl lnds, ensuring

their permnent protection nd long-term

stewrdship, nd building public support

or conservtion.

This document describes the lnd cquisition unding vilble

rom Grnd Victori Foundtion to support Vitl Lnds Illinois.

It outlines the project criteri, eligibility requirements nd pplic-

tion process. Red the guidelines creully to determine whether

your orgniztion is eligible nd your cquisition meets thecriteri. I you hve questions, plese contct the Foundtion

t (312) 609-0200.

This grnt progrm is prt o broder eort to reorm lnd

conservtion nd ensure public commitment to the long-term

preservtion o Illinois vitl lndscpes. For more inormtion

on this broder eort nd how to get involved, visit

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I Ti Dot:

prOjecT crITerIa/ p.2

1. Permnent Protection

2. Conservtion Vlues3. Loction

4. Public Enggement

5. Prtnerships

6. Funding Sources

elIgIbIlITy/p.9

buDgeT guIDelInes/ p.10

hOw TO apply/ p.11

FaQs/ p.12

publIc engagemenT

examples / p.15

DeFInITIOns/ p.17

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These unding criteri were drted through n etrordinry

collbortion with lnd conservtion leders cross Illinois. They

re intended to help ensure the permnent protection nd long-

term stewrdship o Illinois most vitl lnds nd build support or

conservtion mong public, privte, nd nonprot orgniztions,

other potentil donors, nd the broder public. Becuse requestsor unding cn be s vried s the lndscpes they seek to protect,

the criteri provide feibility while setting high br with strong

minimum stndrds.

Mny criteri re presented in good, better, best ormt tht

identies Bsic Requirements, Preerred set o chrcteristics, nd

Best Possible options. Projects must meet Bsic Requirements, not

Best Possible criteri, in order to receive unding. On the other hnd,

projects with Preerred nd Best Possible chrcteristics will be given

higher priority.

Lnd conservtion mens more thn mere lnd cquisition.

Conservtion requires sound, science-bsed plnning, stewrdship,

deense, nd brod public support. accordingly, project epenses

ssocited with long-term stewrdship nd deense o the lnd

cquired through Vitl Lnds Illinois s well s public enggement

will be eligible or support. More inormtion bout eligible project

epenses is detiled in thebdt gidisection on pge 10.

all projects submitted to Vitl Lnds Illinois or support

must permnently protect lnd. Evlution o the permnence

o the proposed protection strtegy nd the dequcy o the

monitoring nd deense unds identied shll be guided

by current recommendtions o the Lnd Trust allince.

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acceptble protection options include:

) Fee cquisition by n orgniztion with conservtion mission-

nd with pln outlined in the request or long-term stewrdship

nd deense (including nncil support or these epenses).

applicnts re strongly encourged to include pln or bck-

up conservtion owner or esement holder to ensure dequte

protection o the lnd in perpetuity. acceptble plns include,

but re not limited to: 1) subsequent trnser to ovt

it ovtio iio*nd 2) long-term ownership

by the conservtion orgniztion with dequte monitoring nd

deense unds identied. Enrollment o eligible prcels s Iioi

nt pv coiioLnd nd Wter Reserves or Nture

Preserves is strongly encourged.

b) Conservtion esements held by qulied 501(c)(3) orgniz-tion with dequte monitoring nd deense unds identied.

Designtion o otherwise unprotected privte property s n

Illinois Nture Preserves Commission Lnd nd Wter Reserve

or Nture Preserve will lso quliy.

Projects must contribute to the overrching gol o creting

connected system o nturl lnds in Illinois. The ollowing

criteri will be used to evlute tht contribution.

) The prcel provides potentil or eisting hbitt.

BASIC REQUIREMENT PREFERRED BEST POSSIBLE

Potential habitatunctions and values

(i.e., the parcel canbe restored)

Presence o high

quality habitat or

parcel has beenrestored to high

quality habitat

Illinois Natural Areas

Inventorysite

* For terms in blue, see Defnitions on page 17.

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b) The re being protected is lrge enough to sustin the primry

conservtion vlues it is intended to conserve.


Project areais o

sufcient size that its

conservation valuesremain intact.

Theparceland other

protected lands within

the project area areo sufcient size and

ecological connectivity

that its conservation

values remain intact.

The parcel is o

sufcient size that its

conservation valueswill remain intact.

c) The cquisition contributes to the gols o the Iioi widi

atio p (Iwap) nd the pplicnt orgniztion or long-term

owner hs conservtion pln in plce or the re in which the

prcel is locted.


Contributes to at

least one campaign

o the IWAP andaconservation plan

written by the

applicant organization

or long-term owner o

the parcel exists or

the project area.

All criteria rom

Basic andparcel is

within a conservationarea identifed in a

regional, county or

local plan.

All criteria rom

Preerred and

parcel is within anIWAP Conservation

Opportunity Area or

an Illinois Resource

Rich Area with

a conservation

plan developed

by an Ecosystem

Partnership or

similar organization.



d) Projects with n rry o conservtion vlues nd/ori ft

will be prioritized. Becuse public enggement nd understnding

re criticl to the uture o lnd conservtion in Illinois, pplicnts

(or the long-term owner) must hve strtegy or including the

prcel (nd the public benets o its protection) in the orgniz-

tions public outrech ctivities.


Parcel or project area

provides opportunity

and applicant has

a plan or public

outreach andat least

one o the ollowing:

- scenic value

- historic value

- cultural value

- protects surace

or ground waters

- provides or public

recreation or

education

- confrmed site or

active scientifc

research

Parcel or project

area provides two

or more rom Basic

list andprovides an

opportunity or public

education.

Meets criteria rom

Preerred and

provides opportunity

or public access or

outdoor education or

recreation consistent

with conservation

purposes.



e) applicnts (nd long-term owners i pplicble) hve the cpcity

nd nncil bility to complete the trnsction, implement con-

servtion plns, nd ensure the long-term stewrdship nd deense

o the property. applicnts should be prepred to demonstrte

by submitting copies o relevnt written policies tht they hve

dopted nd implemented the2004 ld Tt ai stdd

d pti. Proposed holders o conservtion esement lso

must hve demonstrted bility to perorm nnul monitoring

nd negotite resolutions to suspected esement violtions.


Applicant is a 501(c)

(3) that has adopted

Land Trust Alliance

Standards and

Practices and has

conservationprograms in Illinois.

Long-term owner/

easement holder has

the capability (skills

and knowledge) and

capacity (sta or

access to other help)

to carry out long-term

management.

Applicant meets all

Applicant criteria rom

Basic Requirements,

andhas successully

completed similar

projects and/or hasinvolved an experi-

enced Illinois partner

in this transaction.

Long-term owner/

easement holder has

capability and capacity

to carry out long-term

management anda

long-term manage-

ment plan is in place.

Applicant meets

all criteria rom

Preerred andholds

LTA accreditation.

Long-term owner/easement holder

meets all criteria rom

Preerred, andhas

sta, volunteers, or

other personnel or

management and

dedicated unds or

designated income

stream in place or

this parcel.

Becuse prcels loction cn crete dditionl conservtionbenets, pplicnts re encourged to describe the prcels

reltionship to other protected/importnt lnds, including

whether it is ii, in-holding, buer, connector, or gtewy.

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Preerence will be given to projects tht build support or conservtion

in the broder community. applicnts should describe whether nd

how the resources being protected, the connections being creted

with the broder community, or other outcomes dvnce the work

o the orgniztion or o conservtion generlly. Projects cn include

communictions to rech key udiences in the locl community or

beyond in order to:

Ensurethepermanentprotectionoftheparceland/or

importnt surrounding or buer res

Identifyvolunteerstoassistwithstewardship

Raisenewfunds

Expandthebenetsofthisprojector

Motivte dditionl lnd protection in the immedite

project re or beyond

pi et e cn be ound on pge 15.

One o the primry gols o Vitl Lnds Illinois is to decrese

rgmenttion in the community o orgniztions nd institutions

tht conserve lnd in Illinois, nd to broden tht community

to include non-trditionl entities. accordingly, projects being

pursued by substntilly engged prtners re strongly encourged.

applicnts should describe ny prtners committed to the project

nd the epertise or resources they will contribute.

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Becuse multiple unding sources help ensure tht project is

brodly supported nd sustinble over the long term, Grnd

Victori Foundtion is unlikely to be the sole under on project.

applicnts will be sked to describe ll the pending nd secured

nncil commitments to the project. Strong preerence will be

given to projects tht hve or re likely to ttrct dditionl public

nd privte nncil support.

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applicnts must be well-mnged, sclly helthy 501(c)(3) public

chrities or certied public institutions, registered in Illinois nd in

good stnding. 501(c)(3) orgniztions seeking lnd cquisition und-

ing must hve conservtion progrms in Illinois nd hve dopted

theld Tt ai stdd d pti. In the ppliction

process, orgniztions will be sked to describe nd document theirimplementtion o LTa Prctices 6F nd 6G.

I invited to submit ull proposl, pplicnts must be prepred to

provide the ollowing documenttion:

) IRS Form 990 or most recent scl yer

b) audited nncil sttements or most recent scl yer

c) Current scl yers overll orgniztionl budgets. Orgniztions

submitting request during the lst qurter o their scl yer

should submit the net scl yers budget s well.

d) Yer-to-dte sttement o revenue nd epenses, plus blnce shee

e) 501(c)(3) t ID number

) St list

g) Bord o directors list, including contct inormtion nd

business litions

h) Conrmtion o the orgniztions doption o Lnd Trust

allince Stndrds nd Prctices. a copy o Bord resolution

my be submitted s conrmtion.

i) I conservtion esement is being purchsed, the orgniztions

(long-term esement holders) Esement Monitoring Policy


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applicnts will be sked to submit detiled project budget,

including cquisition, stewrdship, nd deense costs, nd to

eplin how the stewrdship nd deense costs were clculted.

The project budget or ccompnying nrrtive should list ll the

unding obtined or requested or the project, the source o the

unds, nd the sttus o the request. The budget should include nrrtive eplntion o line items tht my be uncler to us.

The ollowing reimbursble epenses my be included in the

project budget:

) Purchse price

b) Survey

c) apprisl

d) Phse I Environmentl Site assessment (i perormed)

e) Title policy

) Closing costs

g) attorneys ees

h) St time

i) Dedicted long-termtdi d*

j) Dedicted deense unds (or conservtion esement )

k) pi etcosts

* Grand Victoria Foundation will provide no more than 30 percent o the total dedicated unds

needed or long-term stewardship and deense. Organizations seeking such unds must dem-

onstrate their compliance with LTA Practices 6F and 6G. Organizations that do not seek such

unds will be required to describe in their proposal how long-term stewardship and deense

costs will be unded.

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To be considered or unding, plese complete thepot aitio

nd emil it to the Foundtion. applictions my be submitted

t nytime [email protected].

Eligible orgniztions with projects tht meet the minimum require-

ments will be invited to submit ull proposl. Orgniztions will

be notied in writing o this decision. Proposls require detiled

nrrtive describing the orgniztion nd the project, long with

relted documenttion.

Proposls will be reviewed by Foundtion st nd Technicl

Review Committee o proessionls with vriety o relevnt epertise.

Committee members will not be lited with orgniztions seeking

unding through Vitl Lnds Illinois.

Grnd Victori Foundtion will mke lnd cquisition grnts through

the Vitl Lnds Illinois progrm on rolling bsis. Grntees will be

contcted by Foundtion st s soon s unding decisions re mde.

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1. Can a unding request include unds or stewardship o the

land being protected and deense unds?

Yes. The project application materials have instructions or developing

the project budget.

2. Are lands that will not qualiy or designation as a Land &

Water Reserve or Illinois Nature Preserve by the Illinois Nature

Preserves Commission eligible or unding?

Yes. These designations are oered only as examples o acceptable

strategies or permanently protecting land. Any transaction that provides

or permanent protection o a parcel o land may be submitted or unding.

3. How important are back-up plans or the conservation owner

or easement holder? What requirement, i any, is there or docu-

mentation o back-up conservation owner plans? Would lack o

an adequate plan preclude a grant application?

Having an adequate back-up plan is an important part o the application.

Grand Victorias view o the adequacy o the plan will be guided by the

Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practicesas well as other LTA pub-

lications regarding best practices in this area. Standards 11 (conservation

easements) and 12 (ee lands) address this issue. For example, Practice

12G, Contingency Back-up, provides: The land trust has a contingency

plan or all o its conservation land in the event the land trust ceases to exisor can no longer manage the property.

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4. What do you mean by status in relation to the Illinois Wildlie

Action Plan?

This question is a shorthand way o asking: Does the project urther any o

the specifc goals identifed in IWAP? Does the project contribute to any

o the Campaigns outlined in IWAP? Is it located within a Conservation

Opportunity Area? The ull text o IWAP is available here:http://dnr.state.

il.us/ORC/WildlieResources/theplan/fnal/Illinois_fnal_report.pd

5. Are projects to protect armland eligible?

To be eligible, a project must meet the Basic Requirements outlined in

the Guidelines. Those criteria include a requirement that an acquisition

contribute to one o the Campaigns o the Illinois Wildlie Action Plan.

The Wildlie Action Plan includes a Farmland and Prairie Campaign

and a Green Cities Campaign, both o which provide opportunities

or projects in these landscapes. That being said, the participants in

Vital Lands Illinois have prioritized natural lands protection.

6. Why must applicant organizations comply with Land Trust

Alliances Standards and Practices?

LTAs Standards and Practices are recognized in the land protection

community, by the Internal Revenue Service, and by other regulatory

agencies as the best practices in the land protection industry.

7. You request both current and uture fscal year budgets.

We dont develop next years budget until the end o our

fscal year.

We understand that the uture year budget is a projection, but it helps us

understand in what direction an organization thinks it is headed. It allows

us to see a progression rom the prior year, through the current year, and

into the uture. I an organization hasnt done any thinking about the budget

or the next year, that can sometimes be a concern. The Guidelines require

organizations in the fnal quarter o their fscal year to submit a budget or

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8. What type o documentation would you want to confrm

that we have adopted the LTA Standards and Practices?

A board resolution is sufcient.

9. Can you provide a good example o an easement

monitoring policy?

LTA has published a comprehensive book with example documents

(monitoring checklists, procedures, etc.). It is available at:http://

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The ollowing are examples o ways in which Illinois organizations have

used acquisitions to pursue broader organizational goals and/or build

support or conservation in the local community:

Build Membership and Support

The Land Conservancyo McHenry Countyis planning a members

barbeque at its recently acquired site, the West Woodstock Prairie natural

area. Ducks Unlimited, which cooperated in the project, is also planning

a members event there. The idea is to introduce members to the site and

build enthusiasm by demonstrating success. The Land Conservancy is

also planning a reception or local community leaders in Woodstock to

announce the project, attract attention to their work, build relationships,

and earn goodwill or uture projects.

When a Ducks Unlimitedland protection project was designated as a

waypoint on the Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway, the group

began planning a parking lot and interpretive signage to assist uture

visitors and is working to get coverage in the local newspaper. The story

will be shared with the local Economic Development Council and Byway

Board o Directors, each o which is made up o community and corporate

leaders rom the local area. Leaders will be asked to assist in securing

fnancial support or uture conservation projects.

Facilitate Other Deals

The Liberty Prairie Conservancypackages the stories and testimonials

o landowners who have worked out conservation deals, including two

amilies involved in recent deals who wish to remain anonymous, and uses

them to communicate with other landowners about conservation options.

The Conservancy presented the material at workshops which attracted

over fty attendees and other expressions o interest, and posted the

stories on its website,www.libertyprairie.org.

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The Natural Land Institute used the announcement o a recent

conservation easement in an area north o Mississippi Palisades Park

to communicate to landowners in surrounding Carroll County about

the fnancial advantages o such conservation deals. As a direct result,

the Institute has accepted two donated conservation easements to

date and has been contacted by other landowners also interested in

donating easements.

Raise Money

The Great Rivers Land Trustput together a video and a booklet about its

recent acquisition o the Palisades Preserve and is using it to raise money

or another parcel in the area.

Advance Other Conservation Agendas

The Natural Land Institute timed announcement o its acquisition o aportion o Milan Bottoms to coincide with the Upper Mississippi River

Conerence in Moline in August 2008. The Institute hired a wildlie

photographer to document the natural richness o the area or a display

at the conerence, met with state legislators and city planning sta to

inorm them about the acquisition, and secured major coverage in the

Quad City Times. The media attention, they hope, will ensure that local

ofcials pay more attention to the impact o uture development on the

wildlie reuge. They also hope that introducing legislators to their eorts

to preserve this area will help build support or sorely-needed conservation

unding in the uture.

A workshop hosted by Ducks Unlimitedand partners at a historic duck

club brieed outdoor writers about theIllinois Wildlie Action Plan (IWAP),

and the writers were taken on a tour o two land acquisition projects tied

to the plan. The conservation groups shared resulting newspaper articles

with members o the Illinois Legislative Sportsmens Caucus and met with

the Caucus to highlight IWAP unding concerns and necessary actions.

Legislation was introduced to restore unds critical to IWAP.


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A conservation plan describes the current status o a certain species

(or group o species), population objectives or those species, habitat

conservation issues and objectives, and monitoring needs. Conservation

plans or projects submitted to Vital Lands Illinois should comply with

Land Trust Alliance Standard 8G (Documenting Conservation Values).

The Basic Criterion #2e requires that organizations seeking unds through

Vital Lands Illinois have current Illinois sta and have conducted land-

conservation-related activities in Illinois prior to requesting unding.

Those government agencies that have as one o their primary purposes

protection o land in order to preserve natural resources. Forest Preserve

Districts in Illinois, the Illinois Department o Natural Resources, and the

U.S. Fish & Wildlie Service are examples o such agencies.

A statewide inventory o the highest quality, intact natural areas in Illinois

maintained by the Illinois Department o Natural Resources (currently being

updated with Foundation support by the Illinois Natural History Survey).

The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission was created by the Illinois Nature

Preserves Act, 525 ILCS 30/1, to secure natural areas or current anduture generations. The nine-member Commission unctions as part o the

Illinois Department o Natural Resources. It designates and then provides

ongoing stewardship and deense or a statewide system o high quality,

protected natural areas. The Act bestows very signifcant legal protections

upon designated properties, backed up by the enorcement powers

o the Illinois Attorney General. The Commissions two designations,

Land & Water Reserve and Nature Preserve, unction as conservation

easements. Public and private landowners may enroll qualiying properties

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Land Trust Alliance

Standards and Practices

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in these programs. For more inormation, visit the Illinois Nature Preserve

Commissions website athttp://dnr.state.il.us/INPC.

To qualiy or ederal unding or state wildlie conservation, each state

had to develop a comprehensive wildlie conservation plan. These plans

outline goals and objectives or stewardship o all wildlie species, with

special attention to species in greatest need o conservation. The Illinois

Wildlie Action Plan has been recognized as one o the best in the country.

Developed with input rom 150 agencies and organizations, the plan

includes campaigns to address: Farmland & Prairies, Forests, Wetlands,

Streams, Invasive Species, Land and Water Stewardship, and Green Cities

These are guidelines or the responsible operation o a land trust, which

is run legally, ethically and in the public interest and conducts a sound

program o land transactions and stewardship. The Land Trust Allianceoriginally developed the standards and practices in 1989; they were last

revised in 2004. For more inormation, visit the Land Trust Alliances

website athttp://www.landtrustalliance.org/learning/sp

A parcel that, i lost, would have signifcant negative impacts on neighboring

natural areas or, i secured, opens the door or uture important deals.

The property that is being acquired.

An area o land identifed by the applicant organization(s) needed

to achieve a specifc conservation objective. Project areas usually

comprise a number o individual properties or parcels. Examples

o such project areas rom projects previously supported by

Grand Victoria Foundation include Milan Bottoms, Emiquon,

and the Cache River Basin.

Not to be conused with the term as used in the Internal Revenue Code,

this category is intended to gauge the value o a project beyond protection

o an ecologically important property and to identiy project benefts beyond

the primary conservation values being served through the acquisition.

The criteria in this category have been drated to push applicants to

consider how their work can engage or beneft a surrounding community

and, perhaps, tell a story about the importance o conservation to a broader

Public Benefts

Project Area

Parcel

Linchpin

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audience. Examples o such benefts might include: protection o an aquier

or groundwater recharge area; providing resources that support local

eco-based tourism eorts; preserving important historical or cultural sites;

or supporting local outdoor education programming.

The Foundations use o this term is inormed by the guidance Land Trust

Alliance has provided through the Standards and Practices curriculum.

In project budgets, the Foundation is willing to support the applicants

eorts to raise the unds needed or the long-term care o the property.

Examples o eligible expenses include: marking and maintaining boundaries

signage, monitoring the site regularly, paying taxes, carrying insurance,

and protecting the important conservation attributes o the property.

Routine land management activities, such as burning or invasive species

control, would be included; extensive restoration expenses would not.

Because building a broad constituency or the organization and its

individual holdings is important, the Foundation will provide no more than30% o the total dedicated unds needed or long-term stewardship.

When requesting stewardship unds, the applicant should describe how

the costs were calculated.

granD VIcTOrIa FOunDaTIOn

230 W. Monroe St., Ste 2530

Chicgo, IL 60606

(312) 609-0200

(312) 658-0738 Fax

www.grndvictoridn.org

Stewardship Funds
http://www.grandvictoriafdn.org/http://www.grandvictoriafdn.org/

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