Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
<br />Page 17 of 24 <br /> <br />19. Would your proposed project <br />help you to take advantage of <br />funding from other sources <br />besides this grant in the <br />future? <br />By using funds from the Orange County Community Climate Action <br />Grant for the initial costs of this project, such as a tractor and materials <br />for plantings, Eno River Association will be able to support the <br />maintenance of the Piedmont prairie and reforestation field from its <br />operations budget. Additionally, the restoration of native ecosystems <br />at the Confluence, in addition to their function in carbon sequestration, <br />may be an additional motivator for individuals' donations to Eno River <br />Association, which are an essential source of funding. <br />20. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to the efficient use of <br />grant funds. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 4 - Capacity of Applicant <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 3 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). <br /> <br />21. a. Has your organization <br />completed projects of this type <br />in the past? <br />b. If so, what funds were <br />used? <br />☒ Yes - Reforestation ☐ No <br /> <br />☒ Funding used (Please describe): Grant funding from the NC <br />Land and Water Fund, We Plant It Forward, Burt’s Bees Foundation, <br />and Durham Open Space and Trails Commission. Operational funding <br />and volunteer support has been used to implement the projects. <br />22. Please provide a brief <br />description of similar past <br />achievements or projects and <br />evidence of successfully <br />meeting proposed budgets <br />and timetables (2-4 <br />sentences). <br />The Eno River Association has led several successful reforestation <br />projects in our long history. Our most recent reforestation projects <br />have included efforts in 2015 and 2018 in tree planting across a portion <br />of a previous agriculture field in the bottomlands of the Confluence. <br />The trees have been maintained through mowing and watering by <br />volunteers and staff over the last six years since the last planting and <br />are now stable enough to require less maintenance. These projects <br />were funded by the North Carolina Water Management Trust Fund and <br />We Plant it Forward. <br />23. If you are proposing to <br />collaborate with other <br />organizations on this project, <br />please briefly describe their <br />relevant experience to the <br />project and/or the target <br />population. <br />For prairie restoration, prescribed burning will require collaboration <br />with the local fire department and NC Forest Service, as well as the <br />Triangle Prescribed Burn Association for both expertise and rental of <br />equipment throughout the duration of the burn. Though ERA staff has <br />one certified burner on staff and increased fire equipment supply in the <br />previous year, we will require more equipment and trained personnel <br />to safely conduct a burn. For expertise on prairie conversion and <br />burning, we collaborated with Bluestem Community NC and Prairie <br />Ridge Eco-station to learn about their successes and lessons learned <br />and will continue to collaborate as we move through this process. <br />Reforestation efforts in previous projects have been done in <br />collaboration with We Plant it Forward and North Carolina Wildlife <br />Federation (NCWF). We will collaborate with either or both of these <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 044C3299-6F90-4782-B8F5-C4A7339F0897