Opportunity Information: Apply for F20AS00059
The Great Lakes Restoration, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program 2020 grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F20AS00059) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding effort supported by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). GLRI is designed to tackle the most serious environmental challenges affecting the Great Lakes ecosystem, and this particular opportunity focuses on habitat work that helps maintain and rebuild healthy populations of native fish and wildlife. The overall goal is practical, on-the-ground restoration and enhancement that strengthens biodiversity and improves conditions for species that depend on Great Lakes habitats, with a strong emphasis on migratory birds and, when relevant, federally listed species.
Funding is intended for restoration and enhancement projects in three main habitat categories: wetlands (both coastal and inland), upland habitats associated with those wetlands, and early successional forest habitats. In plain terms, the program is looking to fund projects that bring back or improve functioning wetland systems, improve surrounding habitat that supports wetland-dependent wildlife, and restore younger forest stages that many declining species use for nesting, feeding, and shelter. These are the types of habitat improvements that can also deliver water quality benefits, which is a major theme in Great Lakes restoration work.
A key requirement is that projects must be implemented on privately owned lands that are non-federal and non-state, and they must fall within the Great Lakes watershed. That focus reflects how much important habitat is located on private property and how conservation outcomes often depend on voluntary partnerships with landowners. The opportunity also signals geographic priorities: while projects anywhere in the Great Lakes watershed can be considered, extra emphasis is placed on work in Great Lakes Areas of Concern watersheds, as well as coastal and interior wetland focus areas. It also highlights related grassland priority projects connected to those wetland areas and targeted early successional forest restoration efforts. The intent is to concentrate funding where it can contribute to larger landscape-scale goals and where habitat improvements can help address known problem areas.
The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which matters because it implies active involvement from the Service beyond simply issuing a check. Under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) model, Service field staff work closely with landowners and project partners to plan and carry out restoration. The program is described as voluntary and incentive-based, meaning it is designed to encourage participation by offering a mix of technical assistance (planning, design, biological expertise) and financial assistance to help cover restoration costs. PFW staff also coordinate with other Service programs, partners, and stakeholders to define geographic focus areas and set habitat priorities, then develop project work plans strategically with substantial field staff involvement. In practice, that means proposed projects are expected to fit into established conservation priorities and be grounded in sound biological science rather than being isolated, one-off actions.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of applicants who may partner with private landowners to get work done. Eligible applicants include local governments (counties, cities, townships), special districts, independent school districts, public and state-controlled colleges and universities, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than institutions of higher education), individuals, and for-profit organizations including small businesses. This wide eligibility supports the program model where restoration is often accomplished through partnerships among landowners, conservation groups, local agencies, tribes, and technical specialists.
For this 2020 opportunity, the agency expected to make about 40 awards, with an award ceiling of $100,000 per award. The opportunity category is discretionary, and the activity category is environment and natural resources under CFDA 15.662. The posting was created on February 20, 2020, and the original application deadline was September 20, 2020, with applications due by 1800 hours Central Standard Time on that date.
Finally, the opportunity emphasizes that project selection will seek to align with the Secretarys priorities at the time and will advance the missions of the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. It also notes that the program is guided by strategic plans and has a long track record, operating since 1987 with decades of delivery experience. Taken together, this is a habitat restoration funding opportunity that prioritizes targeted, science-based restoration on private lands, delivered through close collaboration with Fish and Wildlife Service field staff, to produce measurable benefits for Great Lakes wildlife and ecosystem health.Apply for F20AS00059
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Great Lakes Restoration, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program 2020" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.662.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 20, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2020 All applications must be received no later than 1800 hours Central Standard Time September 20, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 40 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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