Submit Letter of Intent for Multistate Conservation Grant Program

Deadline: 6 May 2014

The United States Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Association) is requesting Letters of Intent for Multistate Conservation Grant Program. The letter of intent must address one or more National Conservation Needs (NCNs) to be eligible for the grant.

List of NCNs –

1. Outdoor Heritage – Participation, Recruitment, and Retention in Hunting, Fishing, Boating, and Conservation-related Recreational Activities; Enhanced Relations Among State Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Related Industries
2. Strengthening the National Fish Habitat Partnership
3. Improve Benefits for Fish, Wildlife, and their Habitats through Evaluation of Efficacious Control Methods and Management Strategies for Wild Hogs
4. Incorporating Fish and Wildlife Considerations into Energy Development Decisions
5. To Enhance State Wildlife Agencies’ Authority to Manage Wildlife Resources through Increased Understanding of the Role of International Treaties and Conventions
6. Policy and Legislative Advocacy – Implementing Goal Two of AFWA’s Strategic Plan
7. Maintaining State Agency Leadership in the Management of Fish and Wildlife through Revision and Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans
8. State Fish and Wildlife Agency Coordination and Administration
9. Research for and Coordination of the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation

The program activities can be –

1. Understanding Greater Sage-Grouse Responses to Wind Energy Development at the Landscape Scale
2. Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to Optimize Fish and Wildlife Benefits to the States
3. Outdoor educational activities – Involving Youth and Families in Conservation
4. Implementation of Strategic Tools to Evaluate, Improve and Develop Hunter Recruitment and Retention Programs
5. Compilation of Reservoir Habitat Best Management Practices and Expansion of Local Partnerships
6. Improving the Conservation of Fish and Wildlife Populations and their Habitats during Energy Exploration, Development, and Transmission through Enhanced Industry/Agency Coordination

Eligibility Criteria –

• The proposed project must benefit at least 26 States; or a majority of the States in a Region of the service; or a regional association of State fish and wildlife agencies.
• Projects must benefit sport fish, wild birds and mammals to be eligible for the grant.

For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number F14AS00133. Click Full Announcement and download relevant documents.