Endangered Species Grants

Biologists are monitoring survival of juvenile Higgins eye pearlymussels that were captively propagated and then released in zebra mussel-free areas of large rivers. Section 6 grants helped fund the reintroduction projects.

Photo by USFWS

NEWS

October 25, 2012: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals from States for Annual Endangered Species Grants

Narrated Section 6 Slideshow - provides a brief overview of Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act which authorizes providing financial assistance to States.

August 14, 2012 News Release:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces More Than $33 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species - Two Projects Funded in Wisconsin

2012 Funded Projects in the Midwest - - Wisconsin

Grant Program

Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act authorizes grants to States through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. These funds may, in turn, be awarded to private landowners and groups for conservation projects. The following four types of grants are available through this Fund:

Projects Funded by Section 6 Grants

2011 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants

2010 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants

2009 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants

2008 Traditional Section 6 Grants

2008 Non-traditional Section 6 Grant Awards

2007 Traditional Section 6 Grants

2007 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the Upper Midwest

2006 Traditional S6 Grants: Funded Projects in the Upper Midwest

2006 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the upper Midwest (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)

2005 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the upper Midwest

Private Stewardship Grants

From 2002 through 2008 these grants provided assistance directly to landowners for land management that benefited species and their habitats. Congress did not provide funding for this program after 2008.

2007 Funded Projects

2006 Funded Projects

2005 Funded Projects

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Last updated: January 3, 2013