Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

 

To provide financial assistance, through grants or cooperative agreements, to public or private organizations for the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or water supplies affected by Bureau of Reclamation projects.

Active 15.517 Bureau of Reclamation, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 Information not available. Improvements to fish and wildlife habitat through award of projects that track fish and wildlife movement, habitat temperature monitoring, collection and analysis of invertebrates, genetics studies, surveying and monitoring of fish and wildlife and salinity studies, and construction of fish passage improvements.
Fiscal Year 2018 Information not available.
Fiscal Year 2019 Information not available.
Fiscal Year 2020 Completed fish habitat improvement projects, fish passage studies, endangered species monitoring, and aquatic invasive species prevention
Fiscal Year 2021 Completed aquatic invasive species data sharing development projects, genetic studies, and hatchery production projects.
Fiscal Year 2023 Award to Nevada Department of Wildlife – Operation of 2 S. Nevada Rover Watercraft inspection and decontamination stations. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, Public Law 85-624, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq., as amended, and Section 7(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA) (70 Stat 1122; 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)); as limited and delegated by the Secretary of the Interior delegation of authority to the Bureau of Reclamation at 255 DM 1.1B State and local governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions, public and private institutions and organizations, Federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments, individuals, small businesses, for-profit organizations, and Native American Organizations. Anyone/general public, governmental entities, Tribal governments, Native American organizations, and/or public or private organizations in the specific project area. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Environmental compliance for this program may be required depending on the scope of the specific project funded. This may result in the need for an environment impact assessment or environmental impact statement prior to the commencement of project activities. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Notice of funding opportunity announcements for this program, along with registration procedures, application packages and instructions, SF-424 forms and any other forms to be used to submit application information, points of contact, and procedures for submitting applications will be available on www.grants.gov. For competitive awards: Proposals received in response to the Announcement were reviewed on the basis of a competitive, merit-based review process, and are rated in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the Announcement. Reclamation will make awards to the highest rated proposals based on the amount of funding available each year. For single-source awards, a Notice of Intent to Award is announced on www.grants.gov providing justification for the noncompetitive research award. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Varies depending on the type and complexity of the project. Further information will be available for each specific project at the time the funding opportunity announcement is posted on www.grants.gov and may be obtained by contacting the Reclamation personnel listed as the point of contact in the funding announcement. None. Final award decisions are not subject to appeal; however, the Bureau of Reclamation will provide all applicants with information on why their proposals were not selected for award. If renewals or extensions are applicable to the project, this information will be included in the funding opportunity announcement. When renewals or extensions are applicable, continuation of funding for these activities is at the discretion of Congress and will be subject to availability of appropriated funds. Specific evaluation criteria will be included in the funding announcements posted on www.grants.gov. In accordance with the delegation of authority to the Bureau of Reclamation in the Department of the Interior Department Manual, Part 255, Chapter 1, Section 1.1.B, projects are limited to the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat associated with water systems or water supplies affected by Bureau of Reclamation projects, and in isolated cases, off-site locations not affected by Bureau of Reclamation projects. Not applicable. Not applicable. All recipients of Federal awards shall maintain project records in accordance with 2 CFR 200.333 Retention requirements for records. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other non-Federal entity records pertinent to a Federal award must be retained for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for Federal awards that are renewed quarterly or annually, from the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report, respectively, as reported to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity in the case of a subrecipient. Federal awarding agencies and pass-through entities must not impose any other record retention requirements upon non-Federal entities, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.33. 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. Projects are generally awarded for 1 to 5 years. Payment terms vary by agreement awarded under this program. Specific contact information will be provided in each funding announcement. Leanne Henderson
Bureau of Reclamation, Financial Assistance Policy Branch, Mail Code 84-27130, P.O. Box 25007, Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225 US
lhenderson@usbr.gov
Phone: 303-445-3720

Michelle Ranger
Bureau of Reclamation, Financial Assistance Policy Branch, Mail Code 84-27130, P.O. Box 25007, Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225 USA
mranger@usbr.gov
Phone: 303-445-2805 http://www.usbr.gov/ 14-0680-0-1-301 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$51,000,000.00; FY 23 est $50,000,000.00; FY 24 est $50,000,000.00; FY 21$25,668,582.00; FY 20$11,100,000.00; FY 19$43,107,719.00; FY 18$20,000,000.00; FY 17$31,227,958.00; - Range $10,0000 to $11,000,000 Average $430,000 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below . Fiscal Year 2017 Information not available. Examples of funded projects include: Delta Outflow Augmentation Modeling Study, Upper Salmon Sub-Basin Anadromous Fish Habitat Improvement, and Instream Habitat Restoration in Bear Creek Project.
Fiscal Year 2018 Information not available.
Fiscal Year 2019 Information not available.
Fiscal Year 2023 Invasive species public awareness; endangered species protection and prevention.