[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42733-42742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15214]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-WSFR-2022-N010; 91400-5110-0000; 91400-9410-0000]
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority Lists for Fiscal
Years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce
receipt of the priority lists of wildlife and sport fish conservation
projects from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
(Association) for Federal fiscal years (FYs) 2019, 2020, 2021, and
2022. The Association is required by law to annually submit a list of
priority projects to the Service for funding consideration under the
Service's Multistate Conservation Grant Program (MSCGP), which funds
projects that address regional or national priorities of State fish and
wildlife agencies. The Assistant Director for the Service's Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration program recommends projects on the list to
the Service Director for approval. Once projects are awarded, we must
publish each priority list in the Federal Register. The FY 2019, 2020,
2021 and 2022 projects have been awarded.
ADDRESSES: Lori Bennett, Multistate Conservation Grants Program,
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike; MS: WSFR; Falls Church, VA 22041-3808.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Bennett, via phone at 703-358-
2033, or via email at Lori_Bennett@fws.gov. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife
Refuge System Centennial Act of 2000 (Improvement Act; Pub. L. 106-408,
Nov. 1, 2020) amended the Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et
seq.) and the Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) and
established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (now known as the
Traditional MSCGP, or T-MSCGP). The Improvement Act authorizes us to
award grants of up to $3 million annually from funds available under
each of the Acts, for a total of up to $6 million annually. Projects
are selected through a competitive process developed collaboratively by
State fish and wildlife agency directors, conservation and sportsmen
and sportswomen organizations, and industries that support or promote
hunting, trapping, and recreational shooting. Projects can be funded
under Wildlife Restoration, Sport Fish Restoration, or both, depending
on the project activities. The projects to which we award grants must
be on a list of priority projects recommended to us by the Association.
The Service 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 Association's recommended list. The Improvement
Act provides that funding for MSCGP grants is available in the fiscal
year it is appropriated and for the following fiscal year, with any
funds remaining after two years apportioned among the States in the
manner and for the uses specified under the Wildlife Restoration and
Sport Fish Restoration Acts.
In addition to the Traditional MSCGP found in the Acts, the
President signed the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for
Tomorrow's Needs Act (Pub. L. 116-94) into law on December 20, 2019.
This law, among other measures, created a new Modern Multistate
Conservation Grant Program, which makes available up to an additional
$5 million for projects designed to support recruitment, retention, and
reactivation (``R3'') activities. The Service will cite this as the
``Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program'' (R3-MSCGP).
The Association and the Service work cooperatively to manage the T-
MSCGP and the R3-MSCGP. The Association sets project criteria, reviews
grant applications, and provides project oversight, coordination, and
guidance. Applicants must provide certification that no activities
conducted under either a T-MSCGP or an R3-MSCGP award 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 the Association's committees, who consult with
interested nongovernmental organizations that represent conservation
organizations, sportsmen and sportswomen organizations, and industries
that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery. Their selections become the priority
list that is submitted to the Service.
The Association's National Grants Committee recommends the final
list of priority projects for both programs to the directors of the
State fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote.
By statute, the Association then transmits the final approved list to
the Service for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program
by October 1 of each FY. The Service then provides an additional review
process in accordance with grant regulations within 2 CFR part 200 and
awards and administers the financial assistance grants.
Funding Eligibility
Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program Funding Eligibility
Recipients awarded under the T-MSCGP may use funds for sport fish
or 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 for at least 26 States, for a majority of the
States in any one Service Region, or for one of the regional
associations of State fish and wildlife agencies. Grants are awarded to
one or more States, 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 Service, if requested by the Association, or to a State
or a group of States. The Association also requires that all project
proposals address the Association's selected national strategic
priorities for both MSCGPs, which are announced annually at the same
time requests for proposals are sent out.
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Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program Funding Eligibility
The Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program (R3-MSCGP) is a
new program, which began awarding grants in FY 2020. The program
specifically targets projects that address hunter recruitment and
recreational shooter recruitment and that promote a national hunting
and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication
and outreach activities.
Fiscal Year Tables
The following sections of this notice set forth the award funding
and project priorities by fiscal year for the years FY 2019 through FY
2022. The list below provides abbreviations used in the tables:
Abbreviations Used in Tables
WR Funding Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds
SFR Funding Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
ABC American Bird Conservancy
AFS American Fisheries Society
AFWA Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
ASA American Sportfishing Association
ATA Archery Trade Association
BCC Boone and Crockett Club
BCHA Back Country Hunters and Anglers
CAHSS Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports
CSU Colorado State University
CU Cornell University
CWA California Waterfowl Association
CWD Chronic Wasting Disease
DWF Delta Waterfowl Foundation
FAF Future Angler Foundation
GWF Georgia Wildlife Federation
IDNR Iowa Department of Natural Resources
IFC Instream Flow Council, Inc.
IHEA International Hunter Education Association--USA
MAFWA Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
MDNR Michigan Department of National Resources
MMWF Max McGraw Wildlife Federation
MSU Michigan State University
NAA National Archery Association of the United States
NCLEEF National Conservation Law Enforcement Education Foundation
NCSU North Carolina State University
NEAFWA Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
NMDGF New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
NMWF New Mexico Wildlife Federation
NORC National Opinion Research Center
NS National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
NSSF National Shooting Sports Foundation
NWF National Wildlife Federation
NWTF National Wild Turkey Federation
OSCF Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation, Inc.
PF Pheasants Forever
PSMFC Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
RBFF Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation
SAF Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation
SCIF Safari Club International Foundation
SCWDS Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
SEAFWA Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
SSSF Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
TRCP Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
TU Trout Unlimited
UDWR Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
UGA University of Georgia
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service
UWM University of Wisconsin--Madison
WAFWA Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
WEI Wildlife Ecology Institute
WHISPers Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership
WMI Wildlife Management Institute
WVDNR West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Fiscal Year 2019 Awards; Fund Availability and Priority List
The Service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR)
had a total of $6,406,590.66 for awards in FY19 from funds carried over
from FY 2018, as well as funding that had previously been sequestered;
the total request for projects was $5,817,835.55, leaving a balance of
$588,755.11. The Association provided the Service with a priority list
of 39 projects, which included the 3 approved components of the 2016-
2021 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation project. The FY 2019 priority list is in table 1. The
projects in this list have been awarded.
Table 1--FY 2019 Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program Priority List
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Total FY 2019
ID Title Recipient WR* funding SFR funding grant
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1............... Multistate Conservation AFWA................. $57,900 $57,900 $115,800
Grant Program
Coordination.
2............... Coordination of Farm AFWA................. 82,872 55,248 138,120
Bill Program
Implementation to
Optimize Fish and
Wildlife Benefits to
the States.
3............... Coordination of State AFWA................. 40,800 40,800 81,600
Fish and Wildlife
Agencies' Authority to
Manage Resources in
Concert with Federal
Actions Required by
CITES.
4............... State Fish & Wildlife AFWA................. 52,285.80 52,285.80 104,571.60
Agency Technical
Workgroup for the 2021
National Survey.
5............... Coordinating and AFWA................. 20,000 20,000 40,000
Planning National-
Scale Conservation
Initiatives through
Communications.
6............... Implementation and AFWA................. 61,500 61,500 123,000
Evaluation of the
National Conservation
Outreach Strategy.
7............... State Fish & Wildlife AFWA................. 50,000 50,000 100,000
Agency Director Travel.
8............... Susceptibility of SCWDS................ 81,902 0 81,902
Common North American
Game Birds to West
Nile Virus.
9............... Management Assistance AFWA................. 299,326.20 299,326.20 598,652.40
Team and National
Conservation
Leadership Institute.
10.............. Conserving Fish Habitat AFWA................. 0 250,680 250,680
Collaboratively in the
United States Through
the National Fish
Habitat Partnership.
11.............. Supporting AFWA................. 28,500 28,500 57,000
Undergraduate and
Legal Education and
Occupational
Experience in Natural
Resource
Administration.
12.............. Development and Testing WMI.................. 149,500 0 149,500
of an Improved System
for Gathering Harvest
Information Data.
13.............. Evaluating the Promise NCSU................. 78,563 29,058 107,621
of Potential Impacts
of R3 Efforts
Targeting College
Students (Year 2).
14.............. Continued Delivery of MMWF................. 97,500 0 97,500
Trapping Matters
Workshops and Updating
a Survey of
Conservation
Professionals.
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15.............. Coordination of the AFWA................. 47,784 47,784 95,568
Industry, Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
16.............. Ensuring State WEI.................. 98,395 0 98,395
Management Authority
of Furbearers through
a Multi-Agency, Multi-
Organization Approach.
17.............. Increasing Awareness AFWA................. 50,000 50,000 100,000
and Understanding of
State Fish and
Wildlife Management:
Implementing AFWA
Strategic Plan Goal 2.
18.............. Assessing Trends in NSSF................. 20,025.18 20,025.18 40,050.36
Americans' Attitudes
Toward Hunting, Sport
Shooting, Fishing and
Trapping.
19.............. Update and Further AFS.................. 0 77,602 77,602
Development of
Standard Sampling
Protocols for Inland
Fisheries.
20.............. Survey and Gap Analysis ABC.................. 130,272 0 130,272
of North American
Grassland Habitat
Conservation Efforts.
21.............. National Fish Habitat PSMFC................ 0 20,000 20,000
Partnership Tracking
Database (Maintenance,
Support, and
Enhancement).
22.............. Accelerating WMI.................. 63,250 63,250 126,500
Development of
Effective Leaders in
State Fish and
Wildlife Agencies.
23.............. America's Conservation SCIF................. 180,000 0 180,000
and Hunting Heritage,
A National Education
Initiative.
24.............. Quantify and NSSF................. 86,687.50 86,687.50 173,375
Communicate the
Benefits from WSFR
Excise Tax Payments to
Strengthen State-
Federal-Industry
Relations.
25.............. Creating Millennial- WMI.................. 74,539.50 74,539.50 149,079
Conservationists:
Informing and Engaging
the Next Generation.
26.............. The Missing Link in R3: WMI.................. 162,388 0 162,388
Making Mentorship Work.
27.............. Ensuring the Viability WMI.................. 74,500 74,500 149,000
of the American System
of Conservation
Funding: Improving the
Understanding of
Excise-Tax-Based
Funding for
Conservation.
28.............. Planning for the Future NCLEEF............... 228,297.79 228,297.79 456,595.58
of Conservation Law
Enforcement in the
United States.
29.............. Developing Angler ASA.................. 0 99,800 99,800
Personas to Improve R3
Marketing.
30.............. Facilitation and CAHSS................ 170,100 18,900 189,000
Updating of the
National Hunting and
Shooting Sports Action
Plan.
31.............. An Internal Look at ASA.................. 74,865.60 74,865.60 149,731.20
Outdoor Recreation:
Agency, Industry, and
Nongovernmental
Organization Attitudes
Toward Fishing,
Hunting, Sport
Shooting, and Boating.
32.............. Locavore R3 Workshops, UDWR................. 12,000 12,000 24,000
Teaching States How to
Attract and Train
Locavores to Become
Anglers and Hunters.
33.............. Recruiting and SSSF................. 147,673.41 0 147,673.41
Retaining Youth
Shooting Sports
Participants Through
Targeted Marketing,
Education, and Peer
Networking of
Volunteer Coaches.
34.............. Gettin' Families FAF.................. 0 240,000 240,000
Fishin': A National
Education Initiative.
35.............. Improve National AFS.................. 0 63,667 63,667
Coordination and
Conservation
Partnerships Through
the Development of a
Fisheries Gray
Literature Database.
36.............. Engaging Landowners and TU................... 0 30,000 30,000
Partners in
Implementing Farm Bill
Programs that Benefit
Fish and Wildlife in
Riparian Areas.
37-NS........... Method to Deriving U.S Census........... 174,333.50 174,333.50 348,667
State-Level Estimates
from the 2016 NS.
38-NS........... 2016 Fifty-State Survey Rockville Institute.. 133,786 133,786 267,572
Reports.
39-NS........... 2021 Coordination of USFWS................ 126,476.50 126,476.50 252,953
the 2021 NS.
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Totals...... ....................... ..................... 3,156,022.98 2,661,812.57 5,817,835.55
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* Acronyms and initialisms for all tables are spelled out in the Abbreviations Used in Tables section.
Fiscal Year 2020 Awards; Fund Availability and Priority Lists
Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program Fund Availability and
Priority List
The Service's WSFR program had $6,939,510.06 available for T-MSCGP
awards in FY 2020, after adjusting for sequestered, recovery, and
carryover amounts from FY 2019. The total request for projects was
$6,928,632.57, leaving a balance of $10,877.49. The Association
provided the Service with a priority list of 40 projects, which
included the 2 approved components of the 2022 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation project. Please
note that the Association's Management Assistance Team proposal
requesting $598,799.12 of Multistate funds (Project #25) was provided
an additional $150,000 in Federal funds from the Service's National
Conservation Training Center. This funding addition was the result of a
signed memorandum of agreement between the Service and the Association.
The list is in table 2. The projects in this list have been awarded.
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Table 2--FY 2020 Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program Priority List
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Total FY 2020
ID Title Recipient WR* funding SFR funding grant
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1............... Coordination of Farm AFWA................. $82,872 $55,248 $138,120
Bill Program
Implementation to
Optimize On-the-Ground
Fish and Wildlife
Benefits to the States.
2............... Coordinating and AFWA................. 60,000 60,000 120,000
Planning National-
Scale Conservation
Initiatives by State
Fish and Wildlife
Agencies.
3............... The North American AFWA................. 27,500 27,500 55,000
Conservation Education
Strategy--update and
align toolkit to work
for today's
conservation educators
who offer fish and
wildlife-based
programs.
4............... Introductory AFWA................. 69,000 69,000 138,000
Implementation and
Evaluation of the
National Conservation
Outreach Strategy--
Part 2.
5............... Advancing K-12 MMWF................. 31,680 7,920 39,600
conservation education
through improved tools
for educators
exploring the public
trust doctrine, North
American Model, and
related examples of
wildlife management.
6............... Words Matter: WMI.................. 61,551.69 61,551.69 123,103.38
Determining How to
Engage the American
Public Through the
Language of
Conservation.
7............... Coordinating and AFWA................. 20,000 20,000 40,000
Planning National-
Scale Conservation
Initiatives Through
Effective
Communications.
8............... Updating the AFS Blue AFS.................. 0 83,406 83,406
Book: Standard Methods
for Aquatic Pathogen
Identification and
Fish Health Management.
9............... Characterizing and CSU.................. 60,138 0 60,138
Mapping Chronic
Wasting Disease Prion
Strains Across the
United States.
10.............. Pilot of the WHISPers IDNR................. 15,240 0 15,240
wildlife mortality
event data system.
11.............. Exploring the potential SCWDS................ 99,741 0 99,741
for in utero
transmission of CWD
prions in white-tailed
deer.
12.............. National Coordination WMI.................. 99,225 0 99,225
and Technical
Assistance for the
Prevention,
Surveillance, and
Management of CWD.
13.............. A Novel Genetic MDNR................. 138,696.59 0 138,696.59
Resource To Inform
Management of CWD.
14.............. Coordination of the AFWA................. 41,727 41,727 83,454
Industry, Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
15.............. Angler R3 Program RBFF................. 0 100,929.60 100,929.60
Funding Needs
Assessment.
16.............. Tracking Participation ASA.................. 109,830 109,830 219,660
Through Expanded
Regional & National
License Sales
Dashboards.
17.............. Digital Marketing RBFF................. 0 340,000 340,000
Techniques to Increase
Angler Participation.
18.............. Ensuring the Viability WMI.................. 64,579.50 64,579.50 129,159
of the American System
of Conservation
Funding: Improving the
Understanding of
Excise-tax-based
Funding for
Conservation.
19.............. Increasing SAF.................. 141,350 0 141,350
Participation and
License Sales from
Hunter Education
Graduates.
20.............. Fishing in Schools: A ASA.................. 0 266,500 266,500
Grassroots Approach to
Increasing Angler
Participation.
21.............. Expansion of R3 and CAHSS................ 189,600 47,400 237,000
Engagement of the
National R3
Implementation
Workgroup.
22.............. Sportfishing's 2019 ASA.................. 0 88,400 88,400
State-Level,
Congressional District
and Species-Level
Economic Impacts.
23.............. Coordination of State AFWA................. 47,700 47,700 95,400
Fish and Wildlife
Agencies' Authority to
Manage Wildlife
Resources in Concert
with Federal Actions
Required by
International
Treaties, Conventions,
Partnerships, and
Initiatives.
24.............. Combating Trafficking NCLEEF............... 125,000 125,000 250,000
and Illegal
Commercialization by
Strengthening
Communication and
Coordination among
State and National
Conservation Agencies'
Law Enforcement
Investigations and
Intelligence Sections.
25.............. Management Assistance AFWA................. 299,399.56 299,399.56 598,799.12
Team and National
Conservation
Leadership Institute.
26.............. Increasing Awareness AFWA................. 50,000 50,000 100,000
and Understanding of
State Fish and
Wildlife Management:
Implementing AFWA
Strategic Plan Goal 2.
27.............. Supporting Law, NWTF................. 70,500 70,500 141,000
Graduate, and
Undergraduate
Students' Study of
Legal Principles and
Professional
Experience in
Conservation Law and
Policy Through a
Center of Conservation
Excellence.
28.............. A Collaborative Network- MDNR................. 99,000 0 99,000
Based Tool for
Improved CWD
Management in North
America.
29.............. Multistate Conservation AFWA................. 60,900 60,900 121,800
Grant Program
Coordination.
30.............. Examining Societal MMWF................. 105,730.65 18,658.35 124,389
Acceptance of Hunting
and Other Consumptive
Uses of Wildlife, in
Order to Create and
Test Agency
Communication
Strategies That
Promote Public
Acceptance and Advance
Conservation.
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31.............. State Fish and Wildlife AFWA................. 40,250 40,250 80,500
Agency Technical
Workgroup for the 2021
National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (National
Survey).
32.............. Capacity Building, WMI.................. 87,887.50 87,887.50 175,775
Training, and Pilot
Testing of the Fish
and Wildlife Relevancy
Roadmap.
33.............. Preparing for the CSU.................. 69,785.44 69,785.44 139,570.88
Future of Fish and
Wildlife Management.
34.............. Update and Further AFS.................. 0 97,399 97,399
Development of
Standard Sampling
Protocols for Inland
Fisheries (Phase 2 of
2).
35.............. Fisheries Research AFS.................. 0 84,373 84,373
Tracking and
Information Exchange
Tool.
36.............. National Fish Habitat PSMFC................ 0 20,000 20,000
Partnership Project
Tracking Database
(Maintenance, Support,
and Enhancement).
37.............. Development of YY Male WAFWA................ 0 75,704 75,704
Broodstocks for
Eradication of
Invasive Common Carp
Populations.
38.............. Assessing the State of AFS.................. 0 90,872 90,872
Fisheries Research
Agendas in the United
States and Outlining
Best Practices for
Development of Agendas.
39-NS........... Coordination Component USFWS................ 130,853.50 130,853.50 261,707
for the 2022 National
Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-
Associated Recreation
for Year 2020.
40-NS........... 2022 National Survey of NORC................. 807,810 807,811 1,615,621
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (5 years).
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Totals...... ....................... ..................... 3,307,547.43 3,621,085.14 6,928,632.57
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* Acronyms and initialisms for all tables are spelled out in the Abbreviations Used in Tables section.
FY 2020 Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program Fund Availability
and Priority List
FY 2020 was the first year that Modern Multistate Conservation
Grant Program (R3-MSCGP) funds became available for award. The
Service's WSFR program had $4,705,000 available for R3-MSCGP awards
after sequestering $295,000; the total request for projects was the
full available amount, leaving a balance of $0. The Service worked with
the Association to make these funds available quickly for eligible
projects. The Association provided the Service a priority list of 25
projects; the Service was able to award all projects by early December
2020. The list is in table 3.
Table 3--FY 2020 Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program Priority
List
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Total 2020 R3
ID Title Recipient award
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1.............. MAFWA * Regional MAFWA............... $179,200
Small Game
Diversity and
Inclusion
Marketing
Toolkit.
2.............. Exploring the R3 CWA................. 245,004.50
Needs and
Opportunities of
Female Hunters,
Shooters, and
Archers.
3.............. Helping State WMI................. 154,000
Agencies
Effectively
Recruit and
Retain the New
Locavore
Audience.
4.............. Strengthening TRCP................ 35,500
State Agency R3
of Diverse
Hunters and
Recreational
Shooters.
5.............. Activating and NAA................. 78,295
Converting
Target Archers
into Hunting and
Shooting Sports.
6.............. Building NWF................. 221,071
Community to
Retain Women
Hunters.
7.............. Scaling a College- GWF................. 175,300
Focused R3 Model.
8.............. Increase Industry NSSF................ 146,112.75
and Agency
Relations and
Communications
by Expanding
Partner-with-a-
Payer Initiative.
9.............. Effectively WMI................. 175,825
Targeting New
Adult Hunters.
10............. Increasing WMI................. 203,821
Hunting Mentor
and Mentee
Numbers and
Effectiveness.
11............. Effective R3 WMI................. 297,500
Marketing
Strategies.
12............. Leveraging ATA................. 230,000
Influencers &
Content
Marketing to
Recruit
Bowhunters.
13............. Email Marketing WMI................. 272,305
Best Practices
for State
Agencies.
14............. What is the NMDGF............... 120,000
public really
saying about
hunting and
hunters (and
what can we do
about it?).
15............. Message Testing: NWTF................ 230,658
National Ad
Campaign to
Promote Support
of and
Participation in
Hunting and
Recreational
Shooting.
16............. Advancing R3 CAHSS............... 450,000
Forward.
17............. Hunting for MMWF................ 74,750
Conservation
Online: A Tool
from CLfT to
Engage in
College R3
Efforts.
18............. Combining States NSSF................ 278,900
and Industry
Resources to
Increase R3
Success.
19............. Hunters Connect IHEA................ 174,550
State Content
Delivery System
and Database.
20............. Trapping Matters-- MMWF................ 52,250
Communication
Message Training
Public Harvest
of Wildlife.
21............. Frameworks and WMI................. 116,149
Standards for R3
Effort and
Strategy
Evaluation.
22............. Development of a ASA................. 239,450
Real-time
License Data
Dashboard.
23............. Development of a SAF................. 207,055
Hunter Avidity
Model to Assess
& Improve R3
Participation.
24............. Assessing the NSSF................ 224,967.75
Quality and
Availability of
Hunting and
Shooting Access
in the United
States.
25............. Hunting and SAF................. 122,336
Recreational
Shooting
Recruitment,
Retention, and
Reactivation
Among American
Military Members.
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Total........ ................. .................... 4,705,000
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* Acronyms and initialisms for all tables are spelled out in the
Abbreviations Used in Tables section.
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FY 2021 Awards; Fund Availability and Priority List
After adjusting for sequestered, recovery, and carryover amounts
from FY 2020, the T-MSCGP had $6,515,283 available for award, and the
R3-MSCGP had $5,010,000 available. The total request for T-MSCGP
projects was $6,488,271.53, leaving a balance of $27,011.47. The total
request for R3-MSCGP projects was $3,066,603.90, leaving a balance of
$1,943,396.10. Please note that the Association's Management Assistance
Team proposal requesting $555,277.37 of Multistate funds (Project #10)
also was provided an additional $150,000 in Federal funds from the
National Conservation Training Center. This funding addition was the
result of a signed Memorandum of Agreement between the Service and the
Association. The Association provided the Service with a single
Priority List of 39 proposals, consisting of 22 T-MSCGP projects
(including 2 approved components of the 2022-2027 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation project) and 17
R3-MSCGP projects. The list is in table 4. The projects in this list
have been awarded.
Table 4--FY 2021 Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program and Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program Priority List
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Total 2021
ID Title Recipient WR* funding SFR funding R3 funding grant
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1......................... Communicating the Effects of AFS........................... $0 $111,870 $0 $111,870
Climate Change on Fish and
Fisheries.
2......................... Surveillance Optimization CU............................ 244,946 0 0 244,946
Project for CWD Dashboard:
A Web Application for
Disease Visualization and
Data-Driven Decisions.
3......................... Online Platform for CWD Data WVDNR......................... 225,000 0 0 225,000
Sharing Management in North
America.
4......................... Fisheries Gray Literature AFS........................... 0 105,191 0 105,191
Database State Agency
Expansion and Support.
5......................... Preventing the Spread of UGA Research Foundation....... 149,797 0 0 149,797
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
(RHDV2) in the United
States by Engaging Key
Stakeholders in
Collaborative Management
Solutions.
6......................... Wildlife Viewer Survey: AFWA.......................... 65,300 65,300 0 130,600
Enhancing Relevancy and
Engaging Support from a
Broader Constituency.
7......................... An Agency Path Forward: WMI........................... 149,721.50 149,721.50 0 299,443
Designing Effective
Engagement and Building
Capacity for Relevancy.
8......................... State- and Congressional SAF........................... 100,308 0 0 100,308
District-Level Economic
Impacts for Hunting and
Target Shooting.
9......................... Ensuring the Viability of WMI........................... 85,932.50 85,932.50 0 171,865
the American System of
Conservation Funding:
Improving the Understanding
of Excise-Tax-Based Funding
for Conservation.
10........................ Management Assistance Team AFWA.......................... 277,638.69 277,638.68 0 555,277.37
and the National
Conservation Institute--
Leadership Development for
AFWA Members and the
Conservation Community.
11........................ Instream Flow and Water- IFC........................... 0 119,325 0 119,325
Level Conservation Training
and Research Center.
12........................ Maintaining Relevancy of the AFWA.......................... 100,000 0 0 100,000
AFWA North American Trapper
Education Program for State
Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
13........................ Coordination of Farm Bill AFWA.......................... 84,819.60 56,546.40 0 141,366
Program Implementation to
Optimize On-the-Ground Fish
and Wildlife Benefits to
the States.
14........................ Coordination of State Fish AFWA.......................... 64,800 64,800 0 129,600
and Wildlife Agencies'
Authority to Manage
Wildlife Resources in
Concert with Federal
Actions Required by
International Treaties,
Conventions, Partnerships,
and Initiatives.
15........................ Supporting Effective AFWA.......................... 80,869.80 80,869.80 0 161,739.60
Coordination of Regional &
National Conservation
Efforts Through State Fish
& Wildlife Agencies.
16........................ Coordination of the AFWA.......................... 30,927 30,927 0 61,854
Industry, Federal and State
Agency Coalition.
17........................ Expanding the Community of AFWA/National Fish Habitat 0 176,240 0 176,240
Support for Fish Habitat Partnership.
Partnership Conservation
Efforts.
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18........................ Strengthening Awareness of AFWA.......................... 60,800 60,800 0 121,600
State Fish and Wildlife
Management: Support for
Legal Strategy and
Conservation Law Education
Under MSCGP Strategic
Priority 4.
19........................ Supporting Law, Graduate and NWTF.......................... 87,033 87,033 0 174,066
Undergraduate Students'
Study of Legal Principles
and Professional Experience
in Conservation Law and
Policy and Providing
Opportunity for Practicing
Lawyers and Judges'
Continuing Legal Education
on Conservation Law Under
MSCGP Strategic Priority 4.
20........................ Multistate Conservation AFWA.......................... 45,049.20 45,049.20 38,613.60 128,712
Grant Program Coordination.
21........................ Measuring the Efficacy of WMI........................... 0 0 137,530 137,530
State Recruitment,
Retention, and Reactivation
(R3) Efforts: A
Quantitative Approach.
22........................ R3 Specific Evaluation and MAFWA......................... 0 0 127,573 127,573
Social Science Training and
Resources for the Modern R3
Practitioner.
23........................ Meet Demand by Building NSSF.......................... 0 0 102,500 102,500
Shooting Ranges with Excise
Taxes.
24........................ Effective R3 Marketing WMI for the Association of 0 0 297,500 297,500
Strategies. Conservation Information.
25........................ Testing and Implementation SAF........................... 0 0 112,340 112,340
of the Hunter Avidity Model
to Assess & Improve R3
Participation.
26........................ Winning at the Point of WMI for NEAFWA................ 0 0 135,000 135,000
Contact: Boosting R3
Response Rates Through
Professional Communications.
27........................ Utilizing Data Driven BCHA.......................... 0 0 156,000 156,000
Marketing Strategies to
Enhance New Audience
Engagement, R3 Curriculum
Development and Program
Efficacy.
28........................ Creating a Hunting Mentor PF for MAFWA.................. 0 0 139,865 139,865
Communication Toolkit.
29........................ Modernizing Trapping Matters MMWF.......................... 0 0 100,000 100,000
Professional Development
Workshops and Wild Fur
Schools Delivery Through
Updated Messaging and the
Creation of Distance
Learning Modules.
30........................ Converting 2020's Surge of NSSF.......................... 0 0 136,500 136,500
New Firearm and Hunting
License Owners into Active
Hunters and Target Shooters.
31........................ Retaining 2020's Surge of AFS........................... 0 188,712 0 188,712
Licensed Anglers.
32........................ Asset Creation: National Ad NWTF.......................... 0 0 350,000 350,000
Campaign to Promote Support
for and Participation in
Hunting and Shooting.
33........................ Tracking Participation ASA........................... 0 160,562.16 121,125.84 281,688
Through Expanded, Faster
License Data Dashboards.
34........................ Facilitation of National R3 CAHSS......................... 0 0 652,850 652,850
Strategies.
35........................ Effectiveness of Hunter IHEA.......................... 0 0 143,794 143,794
Education Delivery: Finding
the Missing Data.
36........................ Archers USA Varsity Archery ATA........................... 0 0 175,000 175,000
Next Step Program Taking
Recruitment into Retention,
Transitioning the National
Archery in the Schools
Program Participants into
Bowhunters.
37........................ Hunter Education in a Post- IHEA.......................... 0 0 140,412.46 140,412.46
COVID-19 World.
38-NS..................... Coordination Component for USFWS......................... 132,777.50 132,777.50 0 265,555
the 2022 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation for Year 2020.
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39-NS..................... 2022 National Survey of NORC.......................... 1,251,628 1,251,628 0 2,503,256
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (5 years).
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Totals................ ............................ .............................. 3,237,347.79 3,250,923.74 3,066,603.90 9,554,875.43
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* Acronyms and initialisms for all tables are spelled out in the Abbreviations Used in Tables section.
FY 2022 Awards; Fund Availability and Priority List
After adjusting for sequestered, recovery, and carryover amounts
from FY 2021, the T-MSCGP had $6,598,154.68 available for award. The
total request for T-MSCGP projects was $6,571,005.97, leaving a balance
of $27,148.71. After adjusting for sequestered, recovery, and carryover
amounts from FY 2021, the R3-MSCGP had $7,045,896.10 available. The
total request for R3-MSCGP projects was $5,318,864.91, leaving a
balance of $1,727,031.19. Please note that the Association's Management
Assistance Team proposal requesting $560,000 of Multistate funds
(Project #18) was provided an additional $150,000 in Federal funds from
the National Conservation Training Center. This funding addition is the
result of a signed memorandum of agreement between the Service and the
Association. The Association provided the Service with a Priority List
of 44 proposals, consisting of 20 T-MSCGP projects (including 2
approved components of the 2022-2027 National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation project) and 24 R3-MSCGP
projects. The list is in table 5. The projects in this list have been
awarded.
Table 5--FY 2022 Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program and Modern Multistate Conservation Grant Program Priority List
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Total 2022
ID Title Recipient WR* funding SFR funding R3 funding grant
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1......................... Modernizing Fish Hatchery AFS........................... $0 $123,554.60 $0 $123,554.60
Management (aka the `Piper
Manual' or `Black Book'),
the How-to Manual for
Practicing Fish Culturists.
2......................... Utilizing a Novel Genetic MDNR.......................... 199,061 0 0 199,061
Resource to Inform
Management of CWD.
3......................... Improve PKD Diagnostics and MSU........................... 0 145,844.37 0 145,844.37
Assess the Impact of
Tetracapsuloides
bryosalmonae Infection on
North American Salmonids.
4......................... Contaminant Loads in CU............................ 280,959 0 0 280,959
Waterfowl of the NE
Atlantic Flyway: New
Threats and Outdated
Advisories.
5......................... Burial Disposal of CWD- UWM........................... 193,581 0 0 193,581
Infected Carcasses:
Migration and
Decontamination of Prions
in Model Landfill
Substrates.
6......................... Advancing Implementation of WMI........................... 79,425 79,425 79,425 238,275
the Fish and Wildlife
Relevancy Roadmap.
7......................... Ensuring the Viability of WMI........................... 75,191 65,190 0 140,381
the American System of
Conservation Funding:
Improving the Understanding
of Excise-Tax-Based Funding
for Conservation.
8......................... Social Listening for WMI........................... 66,187.50 66,187.50 0 132,375
Relevancy.
9......................... Modernize the Organization, WMI........................... 103,450 58,756 0 162,206
Authority, and Programs of
State Fish and Wildlife
Agencies Report.
10........................ Best Practices for CSU........................... 71,574 71,574 0 143,148
Cultivating Diverse Fish
and Wildlife Agency
Workforces.
11........................ Developing Your Why: An WAFWA......................... 37,293 37,293 0 74,586
Assessment of WAFWA Member
States' DEI Journey.
12........................ New Mexico Wildlife NMWF.......................... 95,400 75,000 75,000 245,400
Federation: Mi Tierra
Salvaje.
13........................ Development of Consistent WMI........................... 93,555 0 0 93,555
Policy and Law to Prevent
Translocation of Feral
Swine.
14........................ Coordination of Farm Bill AFWA.......................... 78,120 52,080 0 130,200
Program Implementation to
Optimize On-the-Ground Fish
and Wildlife Benefits to
the States.
15........................ Exploring the motivations BCC........................... 205,272 0 0 205,272
and deterrents of wildlife
poachers, the true
conservation costs of
wildlife crime, and
developing an approach to
ensure restitution, fines,
and penalties fit the
crimes.
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16........................ Strengthening Awareness of AFWA.......................... 14,240 14,240 0 28,480
State Fish and Wildlife
Management: Support for
Legal Strategy and
Conservation Law Education
Under MSCGP Strategic
Priority 4.
17........................ Supporting Undergraduate/ NWTF.......................... 75,452.50 75,452.50 0 150,905
Graduate/Law Students' &
Post-Graduates' Education &
Professional Experience in
Conservation Law & Policy.
18........................ Increasing Conservation AFWA.......................... 280,000 280,000 0 560,000
Management Capacity Through
Skills, Leadership, and
Knowledge Development.
19........................ Multistate Conservation AFWA.......................... 58,680 58,680 58,680 176,040
Grant Program Management.
20........................ Coordination of State Fish AFWA.......................... 64,800 64,800 0 129,600
and Wildlife Agencies'
Authority to Manage
Wildlife Resources in
Concert with Federal
Actions Required by
International Treaties,
Conventions, Partnerships,
and Initiatives.
21........................ Coordination of National- AFWA.......................... 101,870 101,870 0 203,740
Scale Conservation Efforts
by State Fish & Wildlife
Agencies: Travel, Industry,
Agency and Communications.
22........................ Realtime License Data ASA........................... 0 117,352 117,352 234,704
Dashboard Improvement and
Expansion.
23........................ The New Future of Hunting WMI........................... 0 0 145,030 145,030
and Fishing.
24........................ A National Campaign to WMI........................... 0 0 470,538 470,538
Connect Millennials and
Generation Z with Hunting,
Shooting, and the Outdoors.
25........................ Discovering Family ATA........................... 0 54,600 127,400 182,000
Bowfishing--National
Education Initiative.
26........................ Phase 3--Launch and NWTF.......................... 0 0 100,000 100,000
Education: National Ad
Campaign to Promote Support
for and Participation in
Hunting and Shooting.
27........................ Effectively Targeting New WMI........................... 0 0 158,430 158,430
Adult Hunters.
28........................ Expanding Relevancy to ATA........................... 0 0 71,000 71,000
Include More Diverse
Audiences.
29........................ Firearms Fundamentals Course SEAFWA........................ 0 0 275,000 275,000
Promotion Through SEAFWA
States.
30........................ Social Influencers to Drive SEAFWA........................ 0 0 300,000 300,000
R3 in SEAFWA.
31........................ R3 Through Marketing via WMI........................... 0 0 292,500 292,500
Pilot States.
32........................ The Hunter's Network IHEA.......................... 0 0 248,275 248,275
National Version.
33........................ Identifying When to Use In- SAF........................... 0 58,219 58,219 116,438
Person vs Virtual R3 Events.
34........................ Development and PF............................ 0 0 236,578 236,578
Implementation of a Learn
to Hunt Upland Game Digital
Course to Strengthen
Strategic R3 Efforts of
Diverse Hunters.
35........................ Native American OSCF.......................... 0 0 116,000 116,000
Participation Research and
Outreach.
36........................ Delta Waterfowl's University DWF........................... 0 0 284,614 284,614
Hunting Program.
37........................ Black Hunters: Reclaiming WMI........................... 0 0 263,329 263,329
the Tradition.
38........................ Connecting Different WMI........................... 0 24,000 48,500 72,500
Cultures to Hunting and
Fishing Through Food.
39........................ Extending Academics Afield GWF........................... 0 0 360,458 360,458
to Advance Equity in
College R3 Programming.
40........................ Hunters Connect Audience IHEA.......................... 0 0 178,530 178,530
Expansion.
41........................ MAFWA Small Game Diversity MAFWA......................... 0 0 220,000 220,000
and Inclusion Outreach
Toolkit: Phase 2.
42........................ 2022-2024 Facilitation of CAHSS......................... 0 0 1,034,006.91 1,034,006.91
National R3 Strategies.
43-NS..................... 2022 National Survey of NORC.......................... 1,251,628 1,251,628 0 2,503,256
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (5 years).
44-NS..................... 2022 National Survey USFWS......................... 134,760.50 134,760.50 0 269,521
Coordination.
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Totals................ ............................ .............................. 3,560,499.50 3,010,506.47 5,318,864.91 11,889,870.88
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* Acronyms and initialisms for all tables are spelled out in the Abbreviations Used in Tables section.
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Martha Williams,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-15214 Filed 7-15-22; 8:45 am]
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