Opportunity Information: Apply for F23AS00234
F23AS00234 is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 8) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, specifically the FY 2023 Traditional Conservation Grants Program (CFDA 15.615). The central purpose of this program is to strengthen and support state-led conservation programs that conserve and recover species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), along with species that are candidates for listing, considered at-risk, or have been recently delisted. In practical terms, the program is designed to help states carry out on-the-ground work that measurably improves a species or habitat situation, either by advancing recovery of listed species or by reducing threats early enough to prevent future listings.
Grant funds can be used for projects that provide direct conservation value. The opportunity is broad in terms of project types and allows states to propose management actions (such as habitat improvement, restoration, threat reduction, or other conservation measures), research activities that fill key information gaps, monitoring efforts for candidate/at-risk/recently delisted species, and outreach components that support conservation outcomes. Applications are expected to clearly connect the proposed tasks to real recovery progress or demonstrable prevention benefits (for example, addressing limiting factors, improving habitat quality or connectivity, reducing mortality sources, or generating monitoring data that informs management decisions). Competitive proposals are those that make the conservation link explicit and specific, showing exactly how the work will benefit the target species or its habitat rather than offering general conservation intentions.
Eligibility is limited to state governments, and more specifically to state agencies that have entered into a formal cooperative agreement with the Service under ESA section 6(c). If an agency does not already have an agreement in place, it may still be eligible if it enters into or reconfirms such an agreement within 30 days of the application deadline; however, the Service cannot obligate federal funding until a complete, signed cooperative agreement is in place, consistent with the cited regulatory requirements (50 CFR 81.3, 50 CFR 81.5, and 43 CFR 12.50(b)(3)). While only states can be the direct recipients of awards, the program anticipates collaboration: local governments, nonprofits, conservation organizations, and other partners can participate by working with an eligible state agency and may be supported as subgrantees when the partnership advances shared conservation goals.
Key administrative details included in the posting are the original application closing date of May 24, 2023, and an award ceiling listed at $2,492,667. The funding instrument is a grant, the activity category is environment, and the opportunity was created on February 23, 2023. Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a mechanism for channeling federal support through state wildlife agencies so they can implement well-justified, outcome-oriented projects that directly improve the status of ESA-listed species and proactively address species of concern before they require federal listing.Apply for F23AS00234
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "F23AS00234 FY 2023 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Traditional Conservation Grants Program Region 8" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.615.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-02-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,492,667.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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