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Projects can
include, but are not limited to, construction of fences to exclude
feral ungulates; control of alien plants, mammalian predators, and
feral ungulates; out-planting of native plants; and restoration
of native ecosystem elements, such as hydrology and micro-habitat
conditions.
The assistance
provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) can range
from informal advice on the design and location of potential restoration
projects to cost-share funding of project implementation under a
formal cooperative agreement with the landowner. The Service can
also provide participating property owners with technical assistance
to develop Safe
Harbor Agreements that cover habitat managed for endangered
or threatened species, and provide assurances that additional land,
water, and/or natural resource use restrictions will not be imposed
as a result of their voluntary conservation actions to benefit covered
species.
Funding is
limited. Projects given highest priority are those that re-establish
natural biological communities and provide long-term benefits to
declining migratory bird and fish species, species that are endangered,
threatened, candidates or proposed for listing, and those projects
on private lands that satisfy the needs of wildlife populations
on National Wildlife Refuges.
Projects funded
through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program:
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