[Federal Register: January 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 7)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2009-N232; 91400-5110-0000-7B; 91400-9410-0000-7B]
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List for
Conservation Projects
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the FY
2010 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation projects
from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As required
by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of
2000, AFWA submits a list of projects to us each year to consider for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program. We then review
and award grants from this list.
ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate Conservation Grants Program
Coordinator, Division of Federal Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop MBSP-4020, Arlington,
Virginia 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, (703) 358-2156
(phone) or John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106-408)
amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
777 et seq.) and established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program.
The Improvement Act authorizes us to award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a
total of up to $6 million annually. We may award grants from a list of
priority projects recommended to us by AFWA. The FWS Director,
exercising the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, need not
fund all projects on the list, but all projects funded must be on the
list.
Grantees under this program may use funds for sport fisheries and
wildlife management and research projects, boating access development,
hunter safety and education, aquatic education, fish and wildlife
habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling
legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit fish and/or
wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, or in a majority of the
States in any one FWS Region, or it must benefit a regional association
of State fish and wildlife agencies. We may award grants to a State, a
group of States, or one or more nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may award grants to the FWS, if
requested by AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. Also, AFWA
requires all project proposals to address its National Conservation
Needs, which are announced annually by AFWA at the same time as its
request for proposals. Further, applicants must provide certification
that no activities conducted under a Multistate Conservation grant will
promote or encourage opposition to regulated hunting or trapping of
wildlife or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested nongovernmental organizations that represent
conservation organizations, sportsmen's organizations, and industries
that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery. AFWA's Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority projects to the directors of State
fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote. By
statute, AFWA then must transmit the final approved list to the FWS for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program by October 1.
This year, we received a list of 13 recommended projects. We
recommend them for funding in 2010. AFWA's recommended list follows:
MSCGP 2010 Cycle Recommended Projects
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Total 2009
ID Title Submitter WR request SFR request grant request
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10-007........... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............. $82,500.00 $82,500.00 $165,000.00
Agency Director Travel
Administration and
Coordination.
10-008........... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............. 318,920.71 318,920.71 637,841.42
Agency Coordination and
Administration.
10-009........... Why Do Some Anglers Not AFWA............. 0.00 289,536.00 289,536.00
Fish Every Year, and
Others Do?.
10-011........... Protect State Wildlife AFWA............. 70,125.00 70,125.00 140,250.00
Agencies Authority to
Sustainably Manage
Wildlife Resources in
Concert with Federal
Actions Required by
International Treaties
and Conventions.
10-014........... Identifying and AFWA............. 60,000.00 60,000.00 120,000.00
Implementing Climate
Change Adaptation
Strategies for Natural
Resources: A Series of
Regional Climate Change
Workshops for State Fish
and Wildlife Agencies.
10-016........... Establishment of a University of 405,000.00 0.00 337,500.00
National United States Tennessee and
Department of Agriculture WMI.
Farm Service Agency
Liaison Biologist
Position.
10-026........... Implementation of the WMI.............. 296,560.00 0.00 296,560.00
Hunting Heritage Action
Plan.
10-027........... Midwest Fish Habitat MAFWA............ 0.00 398,000.00 398,000.00
Partnerships: Meeting
National Fish Habitat
Action Plan Goals through
Development of a
Coordinated Scientific
Network.
10-025........... Explore Bowhunting ATA.............. 266,217.30 0.00 266,217.30
Education Program.
10-032........... Coordination of the AFWA............. 90,600.00 90,600.00 181,200.00
Industry and Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
10-055........... Formulating a Vision for MSU.............. 0.00 480,932.00 480,932.00
Fish Health Management in
Fishery Conservation:
Bridging Knowledge Gaps.
10-057........... Hunting Heritage NWTF............. 173,300.00 0.00 173,300.00
Conservation Challenge
Badge Initiative.
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10-063........... Coordination 10-063 of AFWA............. 79,320.00 79,320.00 158,640.00
Farm Bill Program
Implementation to
Optimize Fish and
Wildlife Benefits to the
States.
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Total.......... .......................... ................. 1,870,433.71 1,816,825.71 3,645,476.72
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Dated: November 17, 2009.
Daniel M. Ashe,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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