The Traditional Conservation Grants Program supports the development and implementation of States’ programs to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species under the Service’s jurisdiction.
Donor Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
State: Alaska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $110,598
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
As many species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) spend at least part of their life cycle on non-federal lands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recognizes success in conserving and recovering these species depends largely on working cooperatively with States and Territories (hereafter, “States”).
The principle objective of the Traditional Conservation Grant Program is to support the development and implementation of States’ programs to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species under the Service’s jurisdiction. Financial assistance, provided in the form of competitive grants, can be used to support projects that have direct benefits for federally listed species, candidate and at-risk species, and recently delisted species. States may apply for funding to conduct conservation work on federally-listed resident species that are included in the State’s cooperative agreement. States may also apply for funding to monitor candidate, at-risk, and recently delisted species. Candidate Species are those that the Service determined warrant listing as a threatened or endangered species, but the listing is precluded by other higher priority actions. For the purposes of this Notice of Funding Opportunity, they are considering certain “atrisk” species in addition to Candidate Species: 1) those species that are the subject of a positive 90-day finding, 2) species that are the subject of a positive 12-month finding but not yet the subject of a proposed rule, 3) species that are subject of a proposed listing rule but not a final rule, and 4) species included on the National Listing Workplan. A full list of at-risk species can be found in the NOFO attachments. Further, for purposes of this solicitation, recently delisted species are those species delisted within the past five years. Only species delisted due to recovery may receive funding under this solicitation
Service Region 7: Alaska
Projects compete at the State level, as there is only one State within the Region.
Applications may address new or ongoing species conservation work. Projects supporting ongoing work in which the scope, objectives, and expected outcomes remain consistent over time are considered continuation projects. Applications for continuation projects must include a brief discussion of accomplishments to date and a justification for the continuation in the Project Narrative.
Awarded grant funds must be expended in a timely manner or returned to the Service for reallocation through the next grant award cycle. The maximum period of performance (PoP) for a grant awarded through this notice is three years from the effective date established at the time of grant approval or the date of award obligation, whichever is earlier. If an approved grant award will not be completed within the PoP, the State may request a one-time extension of up to 12 months with appropriate justification. Any awarded grant project that will not be completed, and from which funds are deobligated, may be eligible for funding in future competitions. These projects will not be provided any preferential treatment and will be assessed along with all other applications submitted in response to the current solicitation based solely on the merits of the project.
Funding Information
- The Service expects to award an estimated $110,598 through this opportunity.
- Funding for the Traditional Conservation Grants Program is allocated by formula to Service Regions based on the number of listed species covered by Section 6 cooperative agreements with States within that Region.
Eligible Activities
Projects proposed for funding may involve management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities or any combination thereof. Applications should include clear and specific information about how the proposed work would contribute to species recovery or prevent the need to list a species under the ESA. Successful applications will be those that clearly demonstrate a direct benefit to the species or its habitat.
Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Introduction of species into suitable habitats within their historic range
- Enhancement or restoration of habitat
- Surveys and inventories of habitats
- Species status surveys
- Propagation of animals and plants
- Research such as genetic analysis to determine genetic health and population structure
- Public education and outreach tools such as website development or coordination workshops with local landowners to address a specific threat to a species
- Monitoring of candidate, at-risk, and recently recovered species
The general program funding priorities for Traditional Conservation Grants address the listing status of the species and implementation of tasks identified in a final or draft recovery plan, recovery outline, or similar conservation or management strategy.
Eligible Applicants
State Government
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
