BLM-WO, Western States Collaborative Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation

The summary for the BLM-WO, Western States Collaborative Sage-Grouse Habitat 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 Bureau of Land Management, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
BLM-WO, Western States Collaborative Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation: BACKGROUND: In response to the potential listing of the Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) under the Endangered Species Act in September 2015, the Secretary of the Interior formed a State-Federal task force aimed at conducting range-wide conservation efforts. Spearheading this task force, the Western Governors' Association (WGA) brings together the 11 Governors of the Western States, executive leadership from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the U.S. Geological Service (USGS), and the Department of the Interior (DOI). Implementation of range-wide conservation programs by the members of this task force underpinned the FWS decision in September 2015 to not yet list the species.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support, promote, and facilitate collaboration between stakeholders in an effort to ensure that substantive progress continues in the areas of habitat protection, restoration, improvement, and conservation, as well as regulatory mechanism reform regarding sustainable GRSG populations.
PUBLIC BENEFIT: Collaboration between State and Federal Agency personnel is critical to implementation of key GRSG habitat protection, restoration, and conservation initiatives, and to maintaining strong Western economies. The proposed program directly benefits the public through improved wildlife populations and habitat on public lands for non-consumptive outdoor recreation and hunting purposes, and precludes/reduces the need for additional regulatory burden for Federally-listed endangered species. Protection of sage grouse and similar habitat promotes fish and wildlife recreation, including fishing, hunting, hiking, boating, and wildlife watching which contribute billions of dollars annually to the nation's economy.
Federal Grant Title: BLM-WO, Western States Collaborative Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Land Management
Grant Categories: Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00091
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 321374
CFDA Descriptions: Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management
Current Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 19, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 19, 2016
Archive Date: Apr 19, 2017
Total Program Funding: $20,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $20,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Grant Announcement Contact
Grants Management Officer Walter Ullrey [email protected]
E-mail: Bert Ullrey

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