2017 US Standard Proposal Outline Template FINAL.docx

North American Wetlands Conservation Act

United States Standard Grant Proposal

2017 Proposal Outline

APPLICANT: Page numbering is automatically set to start with the Financial Table as Page 1.

Do NOT submit a separate cover/transmittal letter with the proposal. After you have read the additional instructions (in pink), please delete them from your proposal.

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT PROPOSAL

PROJECT OFFICER’S PAGE

Project Officer’s Page is required to be in 1 inch margin with 11 Time Roman Font Size/Style.

What is the proposal title?

What is the date you are submitting the proposal?

What are the geographical landmarks for the proposal?

1. State(s):

2. County(ies): List all counties in alphabetical order

3. Congressional District(s):

4. JV(s):

5. BCR(s):

Project Officer information:

1. Name:

2. Title:

3. Organization:

4. Applicant Organization Address:

5. Project Officer Address:

6. Telephone number:

7. E-mail address:

8. Additional Contacts:

9. DUNS Number:

Please answer the following questions:

2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Macondo Oil Spill Are you requesting that this proposal be considered for funding using BP Gulf Spill funds? Yes/No If yes, you must demonstrate a nexus between your project and the migratory bird species and other wildlife and habitat affected by the Gulf spill. Furthermore, provide the best available science-based information (banding information, telemetry, etc.) indicating that the population(s) of species targeted in this proposal also use habitats along the Gulf of Mexico that were affected by the Spill.

Is an Optional Matching Contributions Plan (MCP) submitted with the proposal? Yes/No Or Does the proposal contain match associated with a previously submitted MCP? Yes/No

Are you requesting that this proposal be considered as a continuation of a previous grant agreement (a Programmatic Project Proposal)? Yes/No If yes, provide the title and grant agreement number of the previous grant agreement.

Do you expect this project to be the first phase of a Programmatic Project? Yes/No

How many more proposals are planned for the same proposal area?

Will any of the NAWCA funds requested as part of this proposal be received or spent by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or another Federal agency? Yes/No If yes, which agency(ies) will receive these funds and what is the fund amount:

Agency_______________________ Amount______________ (add additional lines as necessary and include accounting code if possible)

Does this proposal include acquisition activities that will add to the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS)? Yes/No If yes, please indicate which NWRS program the acquisition(s) will be added to: National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and which one(s), Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) and which one(s), or Small Wetland Acquisition Program (SWAP).

Are carbon sequestration credits involved in your proposal? Yes/No If yes, please highlight and provide details in the appropriate financial plan narrative/work plan section. Include information about whether the credits will generate program income (Described in Grant Administration Standards).

Will any portion of any tract or activities associated with any tract be used to satisfy wetland or habitat mitigation requirements under Clean Water Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Water Resources Development Act, ecological service credits or other related statutes now or in the future? Yes/No If yes, please highlight and provide details in the appropriate financial plan narrative/work plan section.

Have you confirmed that all partners, key personnel, and contractors are eligible to participate in Federal grants? Yes/No

To ensure that the proposal complies with available guidelines and that partners are aware of their responsibilities, the Project Officer certifies to the following statement: I have read the 2017 Standard Grant proposal instructions, eligibility information, and applicable U.S. grant administration policies and informed partners or partners have read the material themselves. To the best of my knowledge, this proposal is eligible and complies with all NAWCA, North American Wetlands Conservation Council, and Federal grant guidelines and the information submitted herein is true and correct. The work in this proposal consists of allowable and eligible work and costs associated with long-term wetlands and migratory bird habitat conservation.

Audit reports. If the applicant organization expended more than $750,000 of federal funds during the last calendar year, please include a copy of your most recent of SF-FAC that was submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. If your organization did not expend more than $750,000 of federal funds last year, please certify that the Single Audit (formerly A-133) was not required.

Required Overlap/Duplication Statement: Applicants must provide a statement that address if there is any overlap between the proposed project and any other active anticipated projects in terms of activities, costs, or time commitment of key personnel. If any overlap exists, applicants must provide a description of the overlap in their application. Applicants must also state if the proposal submitted for consideration under the program is/is not in any way duplicative of any proposal that was/will be submitted for funding consideration to any other potential funding source (Federal or non-Federal). If such a circumstance exists, applicants must detail when the other duplicative proposal(s) were submitted, to whom (entity name and program), and when funding decisions are expected to be announced. If at any time a proposal is awarded funds that would be duplicative of the funding requested from the Service, applicants must notify the Service point of contact for this funding opportunity immediately.

Do you have any comments about, or suggestions for, the NAWCA program?

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT PROPOSAL SUMMARY

Proposal Title, State Proposal Summary is required to be in 1 inch margin with 11 Time Roman Font Size/Style.

COUNTY(IES), STATE(S), CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT(S): In alphabetical order

MATCHING PARTNERS $

List all matching partners, beginning with the grantee organization (if applicable). Note: Private landowner(s) partner contribution letter(s) need to be separate and not lumped to achieve the 10% match.

GRANT AND MATCH - ACTIVITIES, COSTS AND ACRES $/acres Delete those activities not involved with your proposal

NON-MATCHING PARTNERS $

List all non-match partners and contributions in the same format as the matching partners Grantee/Partner: $

PROPOSAL PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION:

HABITAT TYPES AND WILDLIFE BENEFITTING:

PUBLIC BENEFITS/PUBLIC ACCESS:

NEW PARTNERS:

RELATIONSHIP TO PREVIOUSLY FUNDED NAWCA PROPOSALS:

THREATS AND SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:

FINANCIAL TABLE AND WORK PLAN

Is the required Financial Table submitted here or as an attachment? Applicant: A Word table is given below. If you prefer to use an Excel table, one is available on the NAWCA website. In either case, delete these instructions and delete activity rows that do not pertain to your proposal.

PROPOSAL FINANCIAL TABLE

MATCH $

NEW

MATCH $

TOTAL GRANT + MATCH $

G. TOTAL ACQUIRED

(Sum of A,B,C,D,E,F)

L. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MCP

M. GRAND TOTAL DIRECT

(Sum of G and H,I,J,K,L)

GRAND TOTAL

(Sum of M and N)

MATCH

ABBREVIATED

PARTNER NAME

OLD

MATCH $

NEW

MATCH $

TOTAL

GRANT +

MATCH $

Do you need to explain any abbreviations in the Financial Plan Table?

If your grant request exceeds $1,000,000, what is your justification?

If any match was previously approved by the Council via an Optional Matching Contributions Plan, did you include a copy of the letter or email approving the Matching Contributions Plan and give the following information: tracts affected, how much of each partner’s match has been used in previous proposals, how much is being used in this proposal, and how much will remain after the current proposal is funded?

WORK PLAN

Work Plan is required to be in 11 Time Roman Font Size/Style.

TRACT #- Name

OVERALL ACRES AFFECTED:

CENTRAL LOCATION: (in decimal degrees)

STATE/FEDERAL AGENCIES HOLDING INTERESTS:

Acreage Summary of Grant/Match Activities on the Tract:

Acquisition

Restoration

Enhancement

Establishment

Describe all grant/match activities occurring on the tract here:

Tract #-Name: Acquisition Financial Plan Justification - $_______ and _____ acres Grant - $_________ Match - $_________ Non-Match - $_________ Completion:

LAND ACQUISITION DISCLOSURE

EASEMENTS:

LEASES:

(month, year) Funding Source (Grant or Partner name)

APPRAISALS and OTHER ACQUISITION COSTS

NON-CONTRACT PERSONNEL and TRAVEL

Tract #-Name: Restoration Financial Plan Justification - $_________ and ______ acres Grant - $________ Match - $________ Non-Match - $________ Completion:

(month, year) Funding Source

CONTRACTS

MATERIALS and EQUIPMENT

NON-CONTRACT PERSONNEL and TRAVEL

Tract #-Name: Enhancement Financial Plan Justification - $_________ and _______ acres Grant - $________ Match - $________ Non-Match - $________ Completion:

(month, year) Funding Source

CONTRACTS

MATERIALS and EQUIPMENT

NON-CONTRACT PERSONNEL and TRAVEL

Tract #-Name: Establishment Financial Plan Justification – $_______ and ______ acres Grant - $________ Match - $________ Non-Match - $________ Completion:

(month, year) Funding Source

CONTRACTS

MATERIALS and EQUIPMENT

NON-CONTRACT PERSONNEL and TRAVEL

Tract #-Name: Indirect Costs Financial Table Justification - $_________ Grant $________ Match $________ Non-match $_________

Indirect Cost

OTHER DIRECT GRANT/MATCH ACTIVITIES FINANCIAL TABLE

JUSTIFICATION – $________

Grant - $________ Match - $________ Non-Match - $_________

Describe other activities associated with implementing the grant, such as grant administration efforts and continuing matching contributions plan, here:

(month, year) Funding Source

OTHER ACTIVITIES INDIRECT COSTS FINANCIAL TABLE JUSTIFICATION $_________

Grant $________ Match $________ Non-match $_________

Indirect Cost

Technical Assessment Question Section must be no more than 14 pages and it is required to be in 1 inch margin(except tables). Entire TAQ section must be in 11 Time Roman Font Size/Style. To stay within the page limit, avoid adding links to lengthy documents such as publications. These additional links will be considered in the 14 page limit length.

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #1

How does the proposal contribute to the conservation of waterfowl habitat?

A. High priority species:

B. Other priority species:

C. Other waterfowl:

D. Narrative

1. Describe how the proposal will aid in meeting objectives of waterfowl conservation plans.

2. For the species listed above, describe how many individuals/pairs will use the proposal area before and after the proposal is completed and for what life cycle stage(s) after the proposal is completed.

High Priority

Priority

Other

3. How will the proposal impact species affected and improve habitat quality (describe before - and after - proposal environment)?

4. What is the importance of each tract or logical groupings of tracts shown in the proposal to the species (if tracts are not yet identified, explain what procedure will be used to ensure that high quality habitat is targeted)?

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #2

How does the proposal contribute to the conservation of other wetland-associated migratory birds?

(Use the following questions for Part A and B; the BCR table is located at the Attachments section of the Proposal Instructions)

· Which species or population will benefit and in which plan(s) is it a priority?

· How many individuals/pairs are expected to use the proposal area and, if the proposal area is being restored or enhanced, what is the expected increase in population numbers?

· How will the proposal activities positively affect the species and improve habitat quality?

· What is the importance of each tract (or logical grouping of tracts) in the proposal to the species or population, and for what life cycle stage (If tracts are not yet identified, explain what procedure will be used to ensure that the high quality habitat is targeted)?

A. Priority bird species:

B. Other wetland-associated bird species:

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #3

How does the proposal location relate to the geographic priority wetlands described by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Partners In Flight, the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, and/or the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan?

A. National priority wetland areas:

NAWMP

PIF

Wading Birds

Shorebirds

B. Regional important wetland areas:

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #4

How does the proposal relate to the national status and trends of wetlands types?

Note: Types subsidiary to types listed below have the same status.

DATA

PUB/POW,

PUS, E2US

PML,

PRB

SECTION A

Fee

Easement

Lease

ACQUIRED TOTAL

RESTORED

ENHANCED

ESTABLISHED

TYPE TOTALS

STATUS TOTALS

GRAND TOTALS

SECTION B

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Provide a brief narrative to describe upland habitats (e.g., cropland, grassland, forest) and the relationship to wetlands and migratory bird conservation (i.e., reason for including in proposal).

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #5

How does the proposal contribute to long-term conservation of wetlands and associated uplands?

ACTIVITY

ACRES BY LONGEVITY OF BENEFITS

* Includes water control structures made of material other than wood.

** Includes wood water control structures and pumps.

TOTAL

ACRES

SECTION A

Fee

Easement

Lease

TOTAL ACQUIRED

RESTORED

ENHANCED

ESTABLISHED

TOTAL

SECTION B

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Tract ID: (funding)

Provide a brief narrative describing the significance of the proposal to:

· Long-term conservation and how the project area and tracts might be affected by climate change within the next 30-50 years,

· And also how the proposed activities address, in an adaptive manner, any changes caused by climate change concerns.

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #6

How does the proposal contribute to the conservation of habitat for wetland associated, Federally listed or proposed endangered species; wetland associated state-listed species; and other wetland-associated fish and wildlife that are specifically involved with the proposal?

A. Federally Threatened, Endangered, or Proposed candidate species:

How many individuals/pairs will use the proposal area and for what life cycle stage and whether this is an improvement in population numbers over the current situation:

How proposal will improve habitat quality (describe the before - and after - proposal environment):

Whether proposed actions and proposal area are identified in a recovery plan or other species plan:

Whether the completed proposal will contribute towards relieving the need for any special protective status for the species:

Importance of each tract or logical groupings of tracts in the proposal to the species (if tracts are not yet identified, explain what procedure will be used to ensure that high quality habitat is targeted):

Additional information:

B. Wetland-dependent species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) from the appropriate State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP):

List a MAXIMUM OF 10 Species: Do NOT list species listed in A, TAQ #1, or TAQ #2. The SWAP for each State can be found here: https://www1.usgs.gov/csas/swap/index.html

How many individuals/pairs will use the proposal area and for what life cycle stage and whether this is an improvement in population numbers over the current situation:

How does the species rely on wetland habitats and how does the proposal improve key habitat and community types essential to the conservation of those SGCN (describe the before- and after-proposal environment):

Do the proposed activities and/or proposal area identify factors that may assist in the restoration and improved conservation of the SGCN:

Whether the completed proposal will contribute toward reducing or eliminating the Conservation Need status for the species:

Importance of each tract or logical groupings of tracts in the proposal to the species (if tracts are not yet identified, explain what procedure will be used to ensure that high quality habitat is targeted):

Additional information:

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT QUESTION #7

How does the proposal satisfy the partnership purpose of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act?

A. Ratio of the Non-Federal Match to the Grant Request:

B. 10% Matching Partners: Private landowner(s) partner contribution letter(s) need to be separate and not lumped to achieve the 10% match.

C. Partner Categories (includes non-match) State agencies:

Non-governmental conservation organizations:

Local governments, counties or municipalities:

Private landowners:

Profit-making corporations:

Native American governments or associations:

Federal agencies:

Other partner groups:

D. Important Partnership Aspects (new grant recipient, significant new partners, unique partners, large numbers of partners under any category in C above, non-financial contributions):

E. Public Access: (Please make sure to answer the following questions per tract: Please explain the nature of the public access per tract. How much acreage will be open to public access? Explain what public access activities will occur on what acres. How much acreage will be closed to public access and why?)

ATTACHMENTS

Tract Table:

Holder

Tract

Tract

Tract

Total Acres

# Closed; #Open

FINAL TITLEHOLDER SUMMARY:

Partner Contribution Letter Template:

Note: Private landowner(s) partner contribution letter(s) need to be separate and not lumped to achieve the 10% match.

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT PROPOSAL

PARTNER CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT

What is the title of the proposal that you are contributing to?

What is the name of your organization (private landowners indicate “Private”)?

When will you make the contribution?

What is the value of your contribution and how did you determine the value? Does the contribution have a non-Federal origin? If this is based on a fund-raising event or other future action, if that future action fails, will you still provide the contribution amount?

What long-term migratory bird and wetlands conservation work will the contribution cover?

Does the proposal correctly describe your contribution, especially the amount?

If applicable to the proposal, is your organization competent to hold title to, and manage, land acquired with grant funds and are you willing to apply a Notice of Grant Agreement or other recordable document to the property?

Please confirm that your contribution has not been used to meet any other federal programs match or cost share requirements.

Do you have any additional comments?

Signature:

Name (printed), Title, and Affiliation:

Date Signed:

OPTIONAL MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN

· What is the Match Plan Amount and Purpose?

· What is the Match Plan Intent?

· What is the Match Plan Need?

· Is there a Match Plan Chart?

· Where is the location of the MCP acquisition tract?

OPTIONAL MATCHING CONTRIBUTION PLAN EXAMPLE

Current Proposal Total $2,500,000

OPTIONAL PROGRAMMATIC PROJECT PROPOSAL REQUEST

· The existing grant agreement number and title (must be no more than 24 months old).

· The number of proposals previously added to the existing grant agreement, if any (a maximum of 3 awards can be combined into a programmatic project).

· The relationship between the existing and proposed project boundaries.

· How the new proposal is part of a long-term strategic planning and programmatic effort.

· How the additional project is related to warrant consideration as a continuation of the existing grant agreement.

· The evidenced progress that has been made on the original grant agreement.

· How the grantee organization and Project Officer have performed on prior and current NAWCA grants.

· The planned termination date of the revised grant agreement.

STANDARD FORM-424 AND SF-424D

(Does not apply to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other Federal Agency applicants) Provide both SF-424 (http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf) and SF-424D Assurances for Construction (http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424D-V1.1.pdf) forms.

MAPS

Provide at least 2 maps. See Proposal Instructions for more details.

PROPOSAL EASEMENT, LEASES, AND INDIRECT COST RATE AGREEMENT

Have you included the following?

· Copies of easements and leases

· Current approved negotiated indirect cost rate agreement image1.png