North American Great Plains Temperate Grassland Landscape Conservation

The summary for the North American Great Plains Temperate Grassland Landscape Conservation grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
North American Great Plains Temperate Grassland Landscape Conservation: THE RECIPIENT HAS BEEN SELECTED.The US Fish & Wildlife Service is committed to landscape-scale conservation projects. This project is to utilize previously gathered data on the North American Great Plains temperate grasslands to develop landscape conservation designs and create alternatives for creating resilience within those designs using data previously analyzed under this award.The recipient will engage the expert community to complete a series of analyses centered on conservation and restoration of major North American grassland types and associated species of the Great Plains, extending from the Canadian Prairies south through the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico; identify Grassland Priority Conservation Areas (GPCA) to address Northern American Inter-Governmental Committee on Cooperation for Wilderness and Protected Areas Conservation (NAWPA) objectives for representation and resilience of the each of the 12 major North American grassland types in the project geography; document conservation values associated with newly identified GPCAâ¿¿s; coordinate rapid expert review of draft GPCAâ¿¿s by local wildlife biologists, ecologists, botanists or other experts and then incorporate recommendations to finalize proposed areas; and produce a conservation atlas as input to subsequent agency and partner decision making processes.Authorizing statues for this program include The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a-742j, not including 742 d-1; Stat. 1119), as amended; The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-57).; Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544, 87 Stat. 884); Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 2901-2911; 94 Stat. 1322).
Federal Grant Title: North American Great Plains Temperate Grassland Landscape Conservation
Federal Agency Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Grant Categories: Environment Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: F16AS00194
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 321754
CFDA Descriptions: Cooperative Landscape Conservation
Current Application Deadline: May 5, 2016 THE RECIPIENT HAS BEEN SELECTED.
Original Application Deadline: May 5, 2016 THE RECIPIENT HAS BEEN SELECTED.
Posted Date: Apr 29, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 29, 2016
Archive Date: May 29, 2016
Total Program Funding: $240,528
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $240,528
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Grant Announcement Contact
Devon Larson 703-358-2052 [email protected]
Administrative Officer

Fish and Wildlife Service 703-358-2459