HCA COMPETITIVE ROUND 2 Director Concurrence Memo 03Dec2020.pdf

Date: 2020.12.02

United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Washington, D.C. 20240

In Reply Refer To:

FWS/IR01/WSFR/073859

Memorandum

To: Aurelia Skipwith, Director

From: Wendi Weber, Regional Director, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region

WENDI

WEBER

Digitally signed by WENDI

WEBER

13:35:41 -05'00'

Subject: Notice of Funding Opportunity Review for Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program

This memorandum seeks your review and approval of the attached notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the Highlands Conservation Act (HCA) Grant Program. On May 13, 2020, you approved posting two NOFOs for the grant program. As a result, the Service awarded $4,380,000 this past October. If approved, this second Competitive Grant NOFO will make available to the States the remaining $6,524,844 in FY2020 HCA funds. The HCA (H.R. 1964, 2004; 16 U.S.C. 3901) is designed to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in conserving land and natural resources in the Highlands Region through Federal assistance for land conservation projects in which a State entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to permanently protect resources of high conservation value.

CFDA Number: 15.667 CFDA Title: Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program Type: Competitive/Discretionary [X]

Mandatory [ ]

Estimated Award Date: May 15, 2021

Estimated Total Funding Amount: $6,524,844

If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Sculley, Chief, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region.

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