Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program - Fiscal Year 2017 Great Lakes Competition

The summary for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program - Fiscal Year 2017 Great Lakes Competition 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 Department of Commerce, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program - Fiscal Year 2017 Great Lakes Competition: The purpose of this notice is to solicit grant proposals from eligible Great Lakes states for coastal and estuarine land conservation (land acquisition) projects under the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). Applications selected for funding through this solicitation will be implemented through a grant, with awards dependent upon the amount of funds made available to NOAA for this purpose. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement shall protect important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses. Proposals must also advance the goal of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) to protect and restore Great Lakes aquatic and terrestrial habitats, including those habitats that serve to remediate, restore, and delist Areas of Concern. The designated lead agency for implementing CELCP (lead agency) in each participating State is eligible to submit up to four proposed projects for funding under this competition. The State's lead agency may solicit, and include in its application, project proposals from additional eligible State or local agencies, as described in Section III.A. of this notice. Projects must be located in one of the following Great Lakes States that have submitted a CELCP plan to NOAA and are currently participating in the program: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania (Lake Erie coast); New York (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario coasts); and Wisconsin. Projects in Illinois and Minnesota will only be eligible if the State's CELCP lead agency submits a CELCP plan to NOAA by October 1, 2016.

Federal Grant Title:	Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program - Fiscal Year 2017 Great Lakes Competition
Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce (DOC)
Grant Categories:	Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-NOS-OCM-2017-2004932
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	11.419
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	October 26th, 2016
Original Application Deadline:	October 26th, 2016
Posted Date:	July 27th, 2016
Creation Date:	July 27th, 2016
Archive Date:	November 25th, 2016
Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$100,000
Expected Number of Awards:	10
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes
Last Updated:	July 27th, 2016

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants for this competition are the designated lead agency for implementing CELCP in each participating State (lead agency), as described below. The lead agency is presumed to be the agency designated as lead for implementing the State's coastal management program, as approved under the CZMA, unless otherwise designated by the Governor. A list of lead contacts for each State and Territory, including eligible Great Lakes States, is available on the CELCP website at http://www.coast.noaa.gov/czm/landconservation/media/celcpstateleadcontacts.pdf For this competition, Great Lakes States with Coastal Zone Management Programs or NERRS approved under the CZMA that have submitted a CELCP plan to NOAA on or before October 1, 2016 are eligible to apply. The status of each State's CELCP plan (draft or approved) can be found at www.coast.noaa.gov/czm/landconservation/state/ and will be updated as of as of October 5, 2016. Great Lakes States with a status of approved or draft are eligible to participate. States considered eligible as of July 1, 2016, are: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania (Lake Erie coast), New York (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario coasts), and Wisconsin. The States of Illinois and Minnesota will be eligible if they submit a CELCP plan to NOAA by October 1, 2016. CELCP plans may be submitted in hard copy by mail, or electronically by e-mail, to Elaine Vaudreuil, CELCP competition manager, at the address listed in section
Grant Announcement Contact: Elizabeth Mountz, by phone at (240) 533-0819 or via email at: [email protected].
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