NANFA-L-- FW: grants available for private land conservation

Nick Zarlinga (njz-in-clevelandmetroparks.com)
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:31:59 -0500

><)> | A grant opportunity from the FWS for
><)> conservation projects on private
><)> lands is listed below.
><)> |
><)> |
><)> | Contact: Valerie Fellows 202-208-3008
><)> |
><)> | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced
><)> today it is seeking
><)> | proposals for conservation projects on private
><)> lands through its
><)> | Private Stewardship Grants Program. For FY
><)> 2006, approximately $6.5
><)> | million is available through this grant program
><)> to support
><)> | on-the-ground conservation efforts on private
><)> lands. Proposals must be
><)>
><)> | submitted to the Regional Offices of the Service
><)> by January 23, 2006.
><)> |
><)> | As envisioned by President Bush, this program
><)> provides Federal grants
><)> | on a competitive basis to individuals and groups
><)> engaged in voluntary
><)> | conservation efforts on private lands that
><)> benefit imperiled species
><)> | such as Federally listed endangered or
><)> threatened species as well as
><)> | proposed, candidate and other at-risk species.
><)> Landowners and their
><)> | partners may submit proposals directly to the
><)> Service for funding to
><)> | support those efforts.
><)> |
><)> | In September 2005, the Service awarded 72 grants
><)> totaling more than
><)> | $6.5 million to individuals and groups to
><)> undertake conservation
><)> | projects for endangered, threatened, and other
><)> at-risk species on
><)> | private lands in 38 states and one territory.
><)> |
><)> | For more information regarding this grant
><)> opportunity and on how and
><)> | where to submit proposals, please visit the
><)> Services Private
><)> | Stewardship Grants Website-in-
><)> |
><)> http://endangered.fws.gov/grants/private_stewardshi
p.html. The Private

| Stewardship Grants Program is identified in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance as number 15.632.
|
| You may also contact: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of State

| Grants, Endangered Species Program, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420,
| Arlington, VA 22203 Phone: (703) 358-2061.
|
| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency
| responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife
| and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the
| American people. The Service manages the 95-million- acre National
| Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife
| refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management
| areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery
| resources offices, and 81 ecological services field stations. The
| agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered
| Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally
| significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as

| wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments
| with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal
| Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars
in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and
wildlife agencies.
| -FWS-
| For more information about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service,
| visit our homepage-in-
| http://www.fws.gov
|
|
|
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