# Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program

From Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Listed on naturefunding.org, a free directory of nature restoration and conservation funding where every fact is read from the funder’s own page or the organisation that runs the programme for it.

- Status, from the check on 3 November 2026: Open: apply by 6 November 2026. The funder gives the deadline as “Applications must be submitted by November 6, 2026”.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Not found on the pages we read
- Who can apply: NGOs, Government bodies and Companies
- Where: Connecticut: United States
- Rounds: Fixed rounds with deadlines
- Co-funding required: Yes
- Restoration approach (our classification): Protected areas and Rivers and lakes
- Last checked: 3 November 2026. Every quote below was read on or after this day.

How to apply, who can apply and where are our categories, from the funder’s words; the quotes are below.
- Listing: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/
- Funder’s programme page: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: Competitive state grants for land trusts, municipalities and water companies in Connecticut to buy land that will be preserved in perpetuity as open space or water supply land, favouring projects that leverage private and municipal funds.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, how to apply:** Apply directly. When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

> “Through November 6, 2026, the Department is currently accepting applications from municipalities, non-profit land conservation organizations, and water companies to the competitive Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#access

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, amount:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#amount

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, where:** Connecticut: United States

> “A permanent conservation easement will be provided to the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#geography

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, who can apply:** NGOs, Government bodies and Companies

> “Through November 6, 2026, the Department is currently accepting applications from municipalities, non-profit land conservation organizations, and water companies to the competitive Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#applicant_types

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “Applications must be submitted by November 6, 2026, Appraisals must be submitted by December 4, 2026, and Appraisal Reviews must be submitted by January 4, 2027.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#window

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, co-funding required:** Yes

> “Applicants must show a reasonable anticipation that cost-share match funding will be available within one year of the State grant being awarded.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#co_finance_required

## The call

### 2026 application round

Call page: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, 2026 application round, status:** Open

> “Through November 6, 2026, the Department is currently accepting applications from municipalities, non-profit land conservation organizations, and water companies to the competitive Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#call-2026-status

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, 2026 application round, deadline:** 6 November 2026 (the funder writes “Applications must be submitted by November 6, 2026”)

> “Applications must be submitted by November 6, 2026, Appraisals must be submitted by December 4, 2026, and Appraisal Reviews must be submitted by January 4, 2027.”

Source: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/open-space/open-space-and-watershed-land-acquisition-grant-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#call-2026-deadline

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, reporting:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/#reporting

## How to cite

naturefunding.org, “Connecticut DEEP Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program”, checked 3 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/ct-deep-open-space-watershed-land-acquisition/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

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