Deadline- Apr 19, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is offering funding opportunity for Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant Program. The objective of this opportunity is benefit species listed or proposed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), candidate species, or other at-risk species within the Great Lakes Watershed of the United States.
The Fiscal Year 2013 GLRI-ES (F13AS00112) provides up to $600,000 in grants on a competitive basis to individuals, groups, and government agencies engaged in private, voluntary conservation efforts that benefit species listed or proposed as endangered or threatened or candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), within the Great Lakes Watershed of the United States.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Private landowners, individually or as a group, are encouraged to submit project proposals for their properties. Individuals or groups (for example land conservancies, community organizations, or conservation organizations) working with private landowners or their own properties on conservation efforts are also encouraged to submit project proposals. Other governmental entities or affiliates, including federal, state, county, or other local governments or State-supported universities, are eligible to apply for funding. In order to receive funding, projects will need to ensure that landowners are willing to allow the Service access to the project area in order to check on its progress when necessary.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.F13AS00112
