Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Year 2024

The summary for the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Year 2024 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.

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Year 2024: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is issued under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, Public Law (P.L.) 85-624, 16 United States Code (U.S.C.) §661, et.seq., as amended; as limited by the Secretary of the Interior delegation of authority at 255 Departmental Manual (DM) 1.1B to:(a) conduct activities for the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or water supplies affected by Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) projects, including but not limited to fish passage and screening facilities at any non-Federal water diversion or storage project within the region;(b) plan, design, construct, and monitor, including acquire lands or interest therein as needed, instream habitat improvements, including but not limited to fish passage screening facilities at off-site locations (as negotiated on privately owned lands and facilities not associated with a Reclamation project); and(c) monitor and evaluate the effect of Reclamation actions on fish and wildlife resources including ESA-listed species. Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office (YAO) periodically makes funding available for conducting activities for Threatened and Endangered species and their habitats under Section 7(a)1 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (FWCAP). The objective(s) of this NOFO is to fund projects for activities in support of YAO’s endangered species and environmental restoration programs in Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024).