Funding-2010
Endangered Species Candidate Conservation Action Funds;
July 2, 2010
Agency
Fish
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Description
The
purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to provide a means by which the ecosystems
upon which endangered and threatened species depend may be conserved, to
provide a program for the conservation of these species, and to take
appropriate steps to achieve the purposes of treaties and conventions set forth
in the law. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Endangered Species Program
provides Federal financial assistance on a competitive basis to states, other
Federal agencies, landowners, educators, non-profit organizations, researchers
and other potential partners to secure information about endangered, threatened
or candidate species, to aid in the recovery of these species, to avert listing
of species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, and to help conserve the
ecosystems upon which these species depend.
The
overall goal of this Candidate Conservation funding opportunity is based on
cooperative relationships with states, non-profit organizations, private
landowners and those interested in habitat restoration or undertaking
endangered and threatened species research, surveys and monitoring, or
educational outreach efforts. Work may be done via cooperative agreement, grant
agreement, project grants, or direct payment for specified use. This
opportunity provides funds to accomplish high priority conservation tasks for
high priority, FWS-managed, candidate and at-risk species in the United States
(based on our annual Candidate Species Assessments), such that known threats to
the species may be reduced or eliminated. Projects for NMFS-managed species are
not included in this funding opportunity.
This
opportunity is limited to projects carrying out actions described in a species’
annual Candidate Species Assessments or in a spotlight species action plan, or
projects documenting species’ response to climate change. For example: securing
scientific information about candidate and at-risk species and their habitat,
implementing restoration actions that will lead to removing threats so as to
preclude the need to list, help prevent extinction of a species, or aid in the
recovery of a species. Projects that address species response to climate change
will receive additional consideration.
Copies
of species’ approved Candidate Species Assessments and completed spotlight
species action plans are available on the Endangered Species Program’s website.
Go to our Species Information website at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html.
Enter a species name in the blue regulatory profile query box at the top left
of the page, and then hit the Submit button. If you enter a general name like
the word “trout,” then a list of species names containing the word “trout” will
appear. Click on the scientific name of the desired species to see the
regulatory profile for that species. Once you’re in the species’ profile, look
under Lead Region to find the FWS Regional Office with lead for the species.
Next, scroll down to the Candidate Information section of the regulatory
profile. Look for the Species Assessment Form. If a species has a spotlight
species action plan, it will be posted under the Action Plans section of the
regulatory profile.
The
FWS is committed to addressing the issue of climate change. Through the
creation of the FWS proposed strategic plan, "Rising to Challenge:
Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change," we
developed a proposed 5-year action plan that details the actions that we will
undertake to implement the strategic plan. One of the objectives in the
proposed 5-year action plan is to evaluate and determine whether it is
appropriate to revise FWS grant criteria to incorporate climate change
considerations. Therefore, through this notice for Fiscal Year 2010, we are
including species response to climate change as one of the funding application
ranking criteria to help us evaluate whether it would be appropriate to include
climate change considerations in this and future funding opportunities. The FWS
proposed strategic plan and action plan are available on the FWS website at http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/strategic_plan.html
Announcement
Number:
FWS-ES-BCC-10
Closing
Date:
July 2, 2010
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Jeanette
Green
Program
Analyst
Phone:
703-358-2206
Email:
Jeanette.Green@fws.gov