Walker Basin Restoration Program

The summary for the Walker Basin Restoration Program 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 Bureau of Reclamation, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Walker Basin Restoration Program: The Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) intends to issue a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a Modification to Grant Agreement R10AP20007 to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), under the authority of catalog for domestic assistance (CFDA) 15.508, Agricultural Act of 2014, Title II, Section 2507, Public Law 113-79, enacted February 7, 2014 for the following program: Providing Water to At-risk Natural Desert Terminal Lakes. The principal activity proposed for this funding is for NFWF to continue to purchase land, water appurtenant to the land, and related interests from willing sellers in the Walker River and Truckee River basins to increase freshwater inflows to Desert Terminal Lakes. This new funding will augment the existing grant (R10AP20007) funds and will be used for the same grant purposes primarily water acquisitions from willing sellers and associated contractual and administrative support. In addition, the funds will be used to continue the conservation and stewardship activity of revegetation of retired farmland acquired by NFWF. A Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed financial assistance based upon Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(2 &4) is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. System for Award Management (SAM) applies to this NOI http://www.sam.gov. Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to Vivian Davis/Grants Management Specialist, by email at [email protected].