Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund (Section 6) Grants to States and
Territories
Fiscal
Year 2002
Grants offered
to States and Territories through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation
Fund (authorized under section 6 of the
Endangered Species Act) fund participation in a wide array of voluntary
conservation projects for candidate, proposed and listed species. These
funds may in turn be awarded to private landowners and groups for conservation
projects.
FY 2002 Endangered
Species Grants to States and Territories
Request for Proposals
$85.7
Million in Grants Available to States for Endangered Species Conservation (News Release)
FY
2002 Request for Proposals for Grants to States and Territories under
Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act
Awards
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $68 Million in Grants to 16 States for
Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Planning and Habitat Acquisition
Projects (News Release)
In Fiscal Year 2002 (October
2001 - September 2002), the Service awarded more than $90 million in Federal
funding to States and Territories under four types of endangered species
grants. The Service offers many grants to our partners; the grant programs
described below are specifically for the benefit of endangered, threatened,
proposed, or candidate species or other at-risk species.
Eligibility criteria
and the application process for each grant program is different. To learn
more about each program, please click on the grant program name below.
Grant
Program
(FY 2002 Funding) |
Purpose |
Species
Benefiting |
Applicants |
Competition |
Financial
Match Requirement* |
Conservation
Grants
($7.5 M) |
implementation
of conservation projects |
federally
listed threatened or endangered species and species at-risk |
States
or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with
the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation |
formula |
25%
of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories
implement a joint project |
Recovery
Land Acquisition
($17.8 M) |
acquisition
of habitat in support of approved recovery goals or objectives |
federally
listed threatened or endangered species |
States
or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with
the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation |
regional
competition |
25%
of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories
implement a joint project |
Habitat
Conservation Planning Assistance
($6.6 M) |
support
development of Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) |
federally
listed threatened or endangered species, proposed and candidate species,
and unlisted species proposed to be covered by the HCP** |
States
or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with
the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation |
national
competition |
25%
of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories
implement a joint project |
Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) Land Acquisition
($61.3 M) |
acquisition
of land associated with approved HCPs |
federally
listed threatened or endangered species, unlisted (including State-listed
species), proposed and candidate species covered by the HCP** |
States
or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with
the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation |
national
competition |
25%
of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories
implement a joint project |
*As required under
Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act, grants to States and Territories
must include a minimum contribution by the project's non-Federal partners.
These contributions can be in-kind, through staff time or use of non-Federal
equipment, or financial assistance.
**A species covered
by the HCP is any species (listed or unlisted) that is included in the
section 10(a)(1)(B) permit, thus receiving incidental take authorization.
 Archive
of section 6 grants information
Section
6 grants home page
Other
Endangered Species Program grants
Other USFWS grant programs
Federal Aid
Tool Kit (forms and compliance requirements for receiving Federal grants)
Contact
us
For more information on how
to apply for Federal grants to assist States, Territories, and landowners
in conserving species on non-Federal lands, please contact
your nearest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service section 6 grants representative or:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Division of Consultation, Habitat Conservation Planning, Recovery and
State Grants
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420
Arlington, VA
22203
703-358-2061
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