Cooperative Landscape Conservation

 

The Collaborative Landscape Conservation program promotes an inclusive approach to conservation by convening and facilitating diverse partnerships to address shared conservation challenges and create a network of healthy lands and waters where fish, wildlife, plants, and people thrive. The program advances adaptive leadership in landscape conservation regionally and nationally by identifying shared priorities with states, tribes, private landowners, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) coordinating actions, and informing decision-making. We support research to improve strategic conservation at the landscape scale, including development of data-driven decision support capability that make collaborative conservation achievable and support resilient landscape design which considers wildlife and ecosystems as well as cultural, social, and economic priorities. We support building collaborative conservation and the co-production of science by increasing capacity and support to effectively engage partners, synthesize information, and produce strategic approaches for landscape conservation.

Active 15.669 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 The program anticipates receiving 100 applications and issuing 30 awards. Program received 47 applications and issued 24 awards.
Fiscal Year 2018 No awards issued.
Fiscal Year 2020 Program received 0 applications and funded 0 awards.
Fiscal Year 2021 No projects were funded in 2021.
Fiscal Year 2022 Program received 1 application and funded 1 award.
Fiscal Year 2023 Program anticipates receiving 1 application and funding 1 award.
Fiscal Year 2024 Program anticipates receiving 1 application and funding 1 award. Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq.; National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Pub.L. 105-57, 111 STAT. 1256(b)(5); Fish and Wildlife Act, 16 U.S.C. §742 et seq. (not including 742 d-1); Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. §2901 et seq.; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C.661-666; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58 [H.R. 3684] 135 Stat. 1389). Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for this listing will be posted on Grants.gov (opens in new window)(opens in new window). Funding opportunity announcements and complete application instructions are posted online at Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov. All applicants must submit a complete, signed Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance. The USFWS Directorate identifies priority needs. Applications for funding will be reviewed and approved by USFWS staff based on the project-specific review criteria to be detailed in the funding opportunity posting. USFWS staff will notify applicants of review results by either issuing a fully executed Award either electronically or through the mail, or by sending written notification to the applicant that the application will not be funded. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines More than 180 days. Typically within 180 days of proposal receipt. Not applicable. None. However; at the request of the recipient and as approved by USFWS, active awards may be amended (e.g., time extensions or budget changes). Proposed projects will be selected on the basis of how well they meet the program and/or project-specific criteria detailed in individual funding opportunity postings. Criteria will vary depending on the scope of the program or project for which applications are being accepted. Support will be provided for cooperative landscape conservation projects to include: decision-support tools to inform management plans/decisions and ESA Recovery Plans, conservation delivery strategies and actions, and landscape-scale conservation strategies that can direct management expenditures where they have the greatest effect and lowest relative cost. This program is administered in compliance with the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977, as amended. These funds may not be used towards training U.S. Federal Government personnel, purchase of real property, or construction. Performance Reports: Performance reports are required. Recipients must monitor and report on project performance in accordance with the requirements in 2 CFR 200.329. A final performance report is due within 120 calendar days of the award period of performance end date, unless the awarding program approves a due date extension. The FWS details all reporting requirements including frequency and due dates in Notices of Award. Not applicable. Recipients will maintain records in accordance with 2 CFR 200. Program-specific legislation/regulation may dictate additional records retention requirements. Program will detail all non-standard records retention requirements in the notice of award. Cost records must be maintained separately for each grant. Records, accounts, and supporting documents must be retained for three years after submission of the final reports. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Project period of performance may be up to five years. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Program obligates funds and sends a notice of award to successful applicants. Recipients request funds in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles, unless otherwise dictated by program-specific legislation or special award terms. Program will include any special payment terms and conditions in the notice of award. Program obligates funds and sends a notice of award to successful applicants. Recipients request funds in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles, unless otherwise dictated by program-specific legislation or special award terms. Program will include any special payment terms and conditions in the notice of award. None/Not specified. Anna-Marie York
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: SA
Falls Church, VA 22041 US
anna-marie_york@fws.gov
Phone: (703)358-1881 https://www.fws.gov/science/ 14-1611-0-1-302 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 22$81,300,000.00; FY 23 est $100,000,000.00; FY 24 est $100,000,000.00; FY 21$0.00; FY 20$0.00; FY 19$131,141.00; FY 18$14,500.00; FY 17$1,630,963.00; - Average award amount varies by project type and duration. Per https://www.doi.gov/grants/doi-standard-terms-and-conditions, acceptance of a Federal Financial award from the Department of the Interior carries with it the responsibility to be aware of and comply with the terms and conditions of the award. Acceptance is defined as starting work, drawing down funds, or accepting the award via electronic means. Awards are based on the application submitted to, and as approved by the Department of the Interior and are subject to the terms and conditions incorporated in to the Award either directly or by reference to the following: Program legislation/regulation, assurances, special conditions, the Code of Federal Regulations, and other regulatory requirements, as applicable. Fiscal Year 2017 Program has not yet selected projects for funding. Program anticipates funding projects that decision-support tools to inform management plans/decisions and ESA Recovery Plans, conservation delivery strategies and actions, and landscape-scale conservation strategies that can direct management expenditures where they have the greatest effect and lowest relative cost. Urban Monarch Landscape Conservation Design Project - The Field Museum has worked with other monarch conservation partners in four other cities to develop a guidebook of monarch conservation engagement strategies. The goals of this project are to further refine the geospatial tools and social engagement strategies. The objectives are to put the Guidebook to work in specific contexts throughout the Chicago metropolitan region, northwest Indiana, and regional partners in other parts of the monarch flyway.
Fiscal Year 2018 No new awards issued.
Fiscal Year 2020 Program was on hiatus; no awards issued.
Fiscal Year 2021 No projects were funded in 2021.
Fiscal Year 2022 The America the Beautiful Challenge is a grant to support States, Tribes, Territories for locally-led ecosystem restoration projects that invest in watershed restoration, resilience, equitable access, workforce development, corridors and connectivity, and collaborative conservation, consistent with the America the Beautiful Initiative.
Fiscal Year 2023 Program has not yet selected projects for funding. The program anticipates funding projects to advance adaptive leadership in landscape conservation regionally and nationally by identifying shared priorities with States, Tribes, and private landowners, coordinating actions, informing decision-making, and collaborating on landscape design and planning.
Fiscal Year 2024 Program has not yet selected projects for funding. The program anticipates funding projects to advance adaptive leadership in landscape conservation regionally and nationally by identifying shared priorities with States, Tribes, and private landowners, coordinating actions, informing decision-making, and collaborating on landscape design and planning.