This web-based NatureWorks/LWCF application allows applicants to enter, store, submit and print information required for grant submission.

Upon completion and submission electronically, the application must be printed and combined with the required supplemental documents (i.e. resolutions, deed/lease, maps, etc.) and mailed to:

Recreation Services Section
ODNR, Division of Real Estate & Land Management
2045 Morse Road, Bldg C-4
Columbus, OH 43229

The complete package must be postmarked no later than February 1.


Applicants begin by creating an account. The user ID should be the email address of the local project coordinator. The password can be any combination of 5 or more characters or numbers. If you have login problems or have forgotten your password, please call our office at 614-265-6395.

Each form included in the application is accessed through a tab at the top of the screen. Of the application's 13 forms, four require data entry. The remaining forms require acknowledgement of guidelines (civil rights, compliance, signs, etc.) and provide information for submitting supplemental documents (i.e. resolution, deed/lease, maps, etc.).

The four forms require data entry:
Form 1 - General Project Information
Form 3 - Questionnaire
Form 7 - Project Cost Summary and Cost Estimate.
Form 12 - Environmental Checklist

NatureWorks

The NatureWorks grant program provides up to 75% reimbursement assistance for local government subdivisions (townships, villages, cities, counties, park districts, joint recreation districts, and conservancy districts) for the acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of recreation areas.

NatureWorks identifies projects funded by the Ohio Parks and Natural Resources Bond Issue which was approved by Ohio voters in November 1993.

Land and Water Conservation Fund

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant program provides up to 50% reimbursement assistance for state and political subdivisions (townships, villages, cities, counties, park districts, joint recreation districts, and conservancy districts) for the acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of outdoor recreation areas . Local schools may be eligible in certain cases.

The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act was passed by Congress in September 1964, and became effective January 1965.