Description
The Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program provides Federal grant funds to help state agencies and their partners implement programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitats. Eligible activities include planning and conservation implementation, with priority given to identified species of greatest conservation need. The program is funded through annual appropriations of Congress, with a total of $6.362 million available for FY 2019. The maximum award varies depending on the number of active participant states or partners involved in the project, with a maximum award of up to $1,000,000.
• Eligible applicants include state, commonwealth, or territorial agencies with lead management responsibility for fish and wildlife resources.
• Eligible activities include planning and conservation implementation, with priority given to identified species of greatest conservation need.
• The program requires a minimum of 25% non-federal match, with some exceptions for certain territories.
• Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov, with a submission deadline of July 12, 2019.
• The program encourages the use of adaptive management frameworks, such as the Strategic Habitat Conservation framework, to improve the ability to define desired biological outcomes and articulate the consequences of site-scale actions on landscape-scale functions.