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LMF board debates scoring priorities, proposes outreach to underrepresented land trusts
Summary
Board members discussed elevating geographic distribution, first-time applicants and threat of losing public access when scoring proposals and asked staff to pursue outreach to underrepresented land trusts and counties.
Board members spent the public portion of the meeting debating qualitative priorities to guide the consensus scoring of Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) grant applications, and they asked staff to help identify underrepresented applicants and consider outreach to increase geographic diversity.
Members identified five priority considerations they wanted to elevate in this round’s decisions: whether a property increases geographic distribution of LMF investments; whether the applicant is a first‑time recipient; whether the property is under immediate threat of losing public access or being converted; environmental resilience; and the project’s benefit to people and communities.
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