Description
The Traditional Conservation Grant Program aims to support the development and implementation of States' programs to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's jurisdiction. The program provides financial assistance in the form of competitive grants to support projects that have direct benefits for federally listed species, candidate and at-risk species, and recently delisted species. Eligible activities include management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities. The program's primary goal is to implement high-priority recovery actions for ESA-listed species by funding eligible activities that will have a direct impact on species recovery, prevent the extinction of listed species, or prevent the need to list at-risk species under the ESA.
• 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