Please note that nonprofit conservation organizations, as well as
international organizations, are eligible for these funds. DEADLINE 3 March
2003.
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NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Habitat Conservation / NOAA Restoration Center
The NOAA Restoration Center is pleased to announce funding available in 2003
to implement grass roots habitat restoration projects that will benefit
living marine resources, including anadromous fish, under the NOAA
Community-based Restoration Program (CRP). Below please find the Federal
Register Notice that was published Thursday January 2, 2003. The Notice
contains a description of the program, all application instructions, and the
criteria against which applications will be evaluated. Applications must
be postmarked by March 3, 2003.
A copy of the Notice and all the necessary standard NOAA grants application
forms, as well as supplemental information specifically tailored to the CRP
are available on the NOAA Restoration Center web page at:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration. Look under "funding
opportunities" or under the "Community-based Restoration Program" section.
Typical project awards will range from $50,000 to $200,000 this year;
requests for over $250,000 will not be accepted.
If you have any questions, please feel free to speak with Daphne Macfarlan
at (727)570-5391 x276 or Daphne.Macfarlan_at_noaa.gov. Please feel free to
circulate the attached notice to others that may be interested.
[Federal Register: January 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 1)]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 001206342-2305-03; I.D. 102802A]
RIN 0648-ZB00
Financial Assistance for Community-based Habitat Restoration Projects
AGENCY: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries)
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to invite the public to submit
proposals for available funding to implement grass-roots habitat restoration
projects that will benefit living marine resources, including anadromous
fish, under the NOAA Community-based Restoration Program (CRP). This
document describes the conditions under which applications (project
proposals) will be accepted under the CRP, and describes criteria under
which applications will be evaluated for funding consideration.
Projects funded through the CRP will be expected to have strong
on-the-ground habitat restoration components that provide educational and
social benefits for people and their communities in addition to long-term
ecological habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources. Proposals selected
for funding through this solicitation will be implemented through a project
grant, cooperative agreement, or interagency transfer.
DATES: Applications for funding under the CRP will be accepted upon
publication of this document in the Federal Register and must be received by
or postmarked by March 3, 2003. Applications received or postmarked after
that time will not be considered for funding. Applications submitted via
the U.S. Postal Service must have an official postmark; private metered
postmarks are not acceptable. Applications delivered by a delivery service
after the postmark date will be accepted for review if the applicant can
document that the application was provided to the delivery service on or
prior to the specified postmark cut-off date. In any event, applications
received later than 15 business days following the closing date will not be
accepted. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
ADDRESSES: Send applications to:
Christopher D. Doley, Director
NOAA Restoration Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
1315 East West Highway (F/HC3)
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
ATTN: CRP Project Applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin J. Bruckner or Alison Ward
Tel: (301) 713-0174
E-mail: <Robin.Bruckner_at_noaa.gov> or <Alison.Ward at noaa.gov>
BACKGROUND:
I. Program Description
The CRP, a financial and technical Federal assistance program, promotes
strong partnerships at the national, regional and local level to fund
grass-roots, community-based activities that restore living marine resources
and their habitats and promote stewardship and a conservation ethic for NOAA
trust resources. NOAA trust resources are living marine resources that
include commercial and recreational fishery resources (marine fish and
shellfish and their habitats); anadromous species (fish, such as salmon and
striped bass that spawn in freshwater and then migrate to the sea);
endangered and threatened marine species and their habitats; marine mammals,
turtles, and their habitats; marshes, mangroves, seagrass beds, coral reefs,
and other coastal habitats; and resources associated with National Marine
Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves. Habitats in the Great
Lakes region are not covered by this solicitation.
The CRP's objective is to bring together citizen groups, public and
nonprofit organizations, watershed groups, industry, corporations and
businesses, youth conservation corps, students, landowners, academics, and
local government, state, and Federal agencies to cooperatively implement
habitat restoration projects. Partnerships developed at national, regional
and local levels contribute funding, land, technical assistance, workforce
support or other in-kind services to promote citizen participation in the
improvement of locally important living marine resources, as well as develop
local stewardship and monitoring activities to sustain and evaluate the
success of the restoration.
The CRP recognizes the significant role that communities can play in habitat
restoration, and acknowledges that habitat restoration is often best
implemented through technical and monetary support provided at a community
level. Community-based restoration projects supported by the CRP are
successful because they have significant local backing, depend upon citizens
hands-on involvement, and typically involve NOAA technical assistance or
oversight. The role of NOAA in the CRP is to help identify potential
restoration projects, strengthen the development and implementation of sound
restoration projects and science-based monitoring of such projects within
communities, and develop long-term, ongoing national and regional
partnerships to support community-based restoration efforts of living marine
resource habitats across a wide geographic area. For more information on the
CRP, see Electronic Access.
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