The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting proposals for its 2024 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance.
Donor Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Details:
The Conservation Planning Assistance Grant program provides funding to States to support the development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), Safe Harbor Agreements (SHAs), and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs). Funding may also be used to support the renewal or amendment of existing HCPs, SHAs, and CCAAs. The development of HCPs that include only candidate or at-risk species (i.e., no Federally listed species covered by the HCP), such that the HCP would be in place if the species is listed, is also supported through this program. Funding may be used to support development and planning activities such as document preparation, public outreach, baseline species surveys, habitat assessments, and inventories. The preparation of environmental compliance review documents, such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), is also an eligible use of grant funds. Habitat Conservation Plans.
The primary goal of this program is to support the development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), Safe Harbor Agreements (SHAs), and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs). This program also supports the renewal or amendment of existing HCPs, SHAs, and CCAAs. These plans and agreements can significantly reduce the burden of the ESA on small landowners by providing efficient mechanisms for compliance, distributing the economic and logistical impacts of species conservation among the community, and bringing a broad range of landowner activities under the legal protections of the plans and agreements.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $8,000,000
- Maximum Award: $1,000,000
- Minimum Award: $10,000
Eligibility Criteria
State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
