Fish and Wildlife Service: Invasive Species Eradication Funding - fundsforNGOs

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting applications for its Invasive Species Eradication Funding.

Donor Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/27/2024

Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

Invasive species pose a significant threat to the ecological, economic, and cultural integrity of Americas lands and waters and the communities they support. Once invasive species are established, it is often challenging and costly to control or eradicate those infestations. In some cases, however, eradication – the removal or destruction of an entire population of invasive species from a defined area – is both possible and feasible, resulting in substantial ecological and economic benefits. This can include eradication of a founding population of invasive species (e.g., a newly introduced species to a specific area) or eradicating a well-established population. Eradication, while it represents the ideal outcome in most cases, requires consideration of the available eradication techniques, cost, likelihood of success, likelihood of re-invasion, public support, complexity of environmental compliance, and availability of resources. This latter consideration is frequently a barrier to implementing eradication measures that can lead to restoring ecosystem health.

Eligible activities for the Invasive Species Eradication Funding Opportunity are those that support achieving the goal of eradication in the immediate future, including:

Deployment of eradication actions
Implement actions on site that support the eradication of the targeted species;
Implement integrated pest management processes that minimize the impacts of non-target species; and
Implement immediate monitoring as part of the eradication project to verify eradication success.
Eradication research and development:
- Research and development of new treatments or tools that will significantly increase the effectiveness and near-term availability of eradication tools.
- Research and development may be part of a broader eradication effort in an applicant’s proposal or may be a stand-alone proposal.
- Monitoring as part of research is appropriate. However, proposals that focus primarily on monitoring will not be considered, as the intent for supporting research and development is to lead to new treatments and tools as described above.