USDA Forest Service is accepting applications for its Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Grant Program.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/07/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
This outreach of interest (OOI) functions as an outreach mechanism to cultivate relationships and connect with potential partners. This OOI is intended to solicit responses to explore future projects meeting the needs and interests of potential partners through partnership agreements within legislative authority with USDA Forest Service.
USDA Forest Service would like to increase capacity to improve wildlife habitat, including certain artificial structures, by engaging partnerships from local communities who have a vested interest in management outcomes. This OOI seeks to increase representation, including from diverse and underserved backgrounds. New partnerships will foster co-stewardship between the USDA Forest Service through better representation of the publics the agency serves, and with a shared commitment to wildlife conservation on USDA Forest Service and adjacent lands.
Increases in the frequency, intensity, and scale of natural disturbance such as wildfire, drought, and disease, along with habitat degradation from development and other human based activities continue to stress numerous wildlife species. Wildlife habitat enhancement projects that create artificial habitat structures (e.g., nest boxes, brush piles, supplemental water), mitigate erosion or revegetate important plants are one way the USDA Forest Service can supplement lost habitat for terrestrial and aquatic species. While not a replacement for natural wildlife habitat, these management actions have the potential to mitigate habitat loss and increase wildlife abundance or productivity.
Grant Period
Awards under this announcement are typically 1 to 5 years in length. Projects of greater complexity may be awarded for a longer period, not to exceed 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible responders include for profit; non-profits; institutions of higher education; federal, state, local, and Native American tribal governments; organizations and special purpose districts (public utility districts, fire districts, conservation districts, school districts, and ports).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
