Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing funding for the Traditional Conservation Grant Program to support the development and implementation of States' programs to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species. Eligible activities include management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities that have direct benefits for federally listed species, candidate and at-risk species, and recently delisted species. The program aims to conserve and recover species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Some examples of eligible activities include:
• Introduction of species into suitable habitats within their historic range
• Enhancement or restoration of habitat
• Surveys and inventories of habitats
• Species status surveys
• Propagation of animals and plants
• Research such as genetic analysis to determine genetic health and population structure
• Public education and outreach tools such as website development or coordination workshops with local landowners to address a specific threat to a species
• Monitoring of candidate, at-risk, and recently recovered species.
The program requires a minimum non-Federal cost share of 25 percent of the total project cost. The application should include a clear and specific description of how the proposed work would contribute to species recovery or prevent the need to list a species under the Endangered Species Act.