The Douglas County Kansas Heritage Conservation Council Natural and Cultural Grant Program has scheduled two informational sessions on the 2017 grant program.

The first session will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Meeting Room A in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. The second session will be at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the multipurpose room of the Baldwin City Public Library, 800 Seventh St.

Douglas County nonprofit organizations, businesses, K-12 schools, universities, libraries and local governments are eligible to apply for the grants. Individuals and families or out-of-county organizations, businesses or units of government must have a Douglas County partner to be considered.

Projects must involve at least one of the following:

• Historic structures.

• Prairie, woodland and waterway habitat restoration or preservation.

• A working farm, heritage farm or high-quality agricultural soil.

• Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area themes of Civil War and Bleeding Kansas heritage, pre-settlement and settlement stories and enduring struggle for freedom.

Those making grant applications are not required to attend the sessions; however, those planning to apply must meet with Heritage Grant coordinator Jan Shupert-Arick by Feb. 28. The grant deadline is March 15.

For more information, call Shupert-Arick at 785-330-2878.