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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Grant Program:

Fiscal Year 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity Notice Overview Federal Agency Name Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) Funding Opportunity Title NFWF-USFWS Conservation Partnership 2019 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number 15.663 Announcement Type Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Funding Opportunity Number

F19AS00390

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement We are collecting this information in accordance with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Public Law 110-325, October 2008 (16 U.S.C. 3701-3710). Your response is required to obtain or retain a benefit. We will use the information you provide to evaluate your application for potential award of Federal funding through this program and, if awarded, to evaluate performance. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. We estimate that it will take you about 40 hours to complete an initial application, three hours to review the terms of an award, and eight hours to prepare and submit performance reports, including time to maintain records, and gather information. You may send comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

OMB Control Number 1018-0100 (expires: 7/31/2021) Submission Deadline and Other Information United States non-profit, non-governmental organizations that are statutorily established by the U.S. Congress to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities of the Service are eligible to apply for this funding and must provide a copy of their Section 501(c)(3) or (4) status determination letter received from the Internal Revenue Service.

The Service recommends you submit your application early enough to address any unforeseen technical complications, and verify all documents have been received by your WSFR Headquarters Office before the deadline. Applications should be formatted to print on 8.5” X 11” paper, with 1” margins at the top, bottom, and both sides, and page numbers at the bottom of the page. Fonts should be legible, i.e., preferably 12 point Arial, Times New Roman, or other commonly used font. Please number your pages starting with the Project Statement.

Contents

I. Description of Funding Opportunity The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to issue a Single Source Grant Agreement Award without competition to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for efforts to cooperatively develop and lead conservation initiatives. The purpose of the funding is to leverage public and private funds to accelerate efforts towards priority conservation goals. This program builds on the existing efforts of the Service and NFWF.

WSFR’s mission is to work through partnerships to conserve and manage fish and wildlife and their habitats for the use and enjoyment of current and future generations. WSFR’s vision is of healthy, diverse, and accessible fish and wildlife populations that offer recreation, economic activity, and other societal benefits, in addition to sustainable ecological functions. WSFR’s guiding principle is that society benefits from conservation-based management of fish and wildlife and their habitats and opportunities to use and enjoy them. The Foundation’s conservation initiatives align with WSFR’s mission, vision, and guiding principle, and support two of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior’s priorities including:

1) Creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt through land acquisition promoting protection and enhancement of high-priority coastal wetland ecosystems;

2) Utilizing our natural resources by allowing fish- and wildlife-based recreation and public use and enjoyment, as appropriate.

II. Award Information There will be one single source grant award to NFWF. NFWF was established by the U.S. Congress in 1984, to help conserve and manage natural resources. NFWF will seek to raise additional funds from other Federal agencies and the private sector to match Service funds and implement on-the-ground conservation projects. All projects must ensure long‐term conservation of resources.

Award Amount The Service expects that $6,831,340 will be available from the FY 2019 ($6,811,340) and FY2018 ($20,000) funds for the NFWF-USFWS Conservation Program (Program).

Funding Restrictions III. Basic Eligibility Requirements Eligible Applicants United States non-profit, non-governmental organizations that are statutorily established by the U.S. Congress to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities of the Service are eligible to apply for this fund and must provide a copy of their Section 501(c)(3) or (4) status determination letter received from the Internal Revenue Service. If you are uncertain of your agency’s eligibility, please contact the WSFR Office (see Section VIII, Agency Contacts).

DUNS Registration Federal law mandates all entities applying for Federal financial assistance must have a valid Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). See Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 25 for more information.

Request a DUNS number here. For technical difficulties, contact Dun & Bradstreet by email at: govt@dnb.com or by calling the Government Customer Resource Center at voice phone: 866-705-5711 or TTY line: 877-807-1679 (hearing impaired customers only). Obtaining a DUNS number is absolutely free for all entities doing business with the U.S. Government. Once assigned a DUNS number, entities are responsible for maintaining up-to-date information with Dun & Bradstreet.

Entity Registration in SAM Register in SAM online at the SAM website. Effective June 2017, you can no longer access SAM using Internet Explorer Versions older than IE11. You either need to upgrade to an Internet Explorer version of IE11 or higher, or access SAM with another supported browser type (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.).

Once registered in SAM, you must renew and revalidate your SAM registration at least every 12 months, and you must continue to maintain an active registration through the life of your award(s). We urge you to revalidate your registration as often as needed to ensure that your information is up-to-date and consistent with changes that may have been made to DUNS and Internal Revenue Service information. If you are selected for funding but have not completed your SAM registration by the time we are ready to make an award, we may determine that you are not qualified to receive an award. Note that the official U.S. Government website address for SAM is https://sam.gov/SAM/. There is no cost to register in or access SAM. Some third-party vendors charge a fee in exchange for registering entities in SAM; please be aware that you can register to do business with the U.S. Government for free directly at https://sam.gov/SAM/.

Excluded Entities We conduct a review of the SAM Exclusions database for you and your key project personnel prior to award. If you or your key project personnel are identified in the database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, or certain Federal assistance and benefits, you will not be considered for Federal funding.

Prohibition Regarding Internal Confidentiality Agreements If you require your employees or your contractors to sign an internal confidentiality agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts your employees or contractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement official of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information, you are not eligible to compete for or receive the Program award. See Pub. L. 113- 235, Title VII, Division E, Section 743 for more information.

IV. Application Requirements You can download the application package for the Program here by entering Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00390. You can also download application forms through the WSFR toolkit. If you have trouble accessing the online forms, contact your WSFR Headquarters Office (see Section VIII, Agency Contacts).

To be considered for funding under this funding opportunity, an application must contain:

Standard Form (SF)-424 Submit a complete, signed, and dated SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance. Do not include other Federal sources of funding, requested or approved, in the total entered in the “Federal” funding box on the SF-424. Enter only the amount being requested under this Program in the “Federal” funding box. Include any other Federal sources of funding in the total funding entered in the “Other” box, and provide details on those Federal source(s) and funding amount(s) in your Budget Narrative (see “Budget Narrative” below). Ensure the SF-424 forms are the most current version and not expired. Project Summary Briefly summarize the project in one page or less. Include the title of the project, geographic location, and a brief overview of the need for the project. Goals, objectives, specific project activities, anticipated outputs and outcomes can also be included in this section.

Project Statement You must provide a project statement containing the elements listed below. You may combine your responses as necessary; separate headings or sections for responses to each element are not required.

As noted, some responses are not required within the Project Statement, and may be provided within other sections of your application.

Compliance For projects conducted in the United States, a complete description of activities is required. Service staff will review each project under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and all other applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies before work may begin.

Public Involvement and Interagency Coordination A description of public involvement or other federal agency coordination on any conservation project that has occurred or is planned that relates to the application (specify the organizations or agencies involved and dates of involvement).

Budget Form Complete the Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) form, Budget Information for Construction Programs (SF-424C) form, or submit the equivalent or greater level of information in another format through the Grants.gov Workspace. You may use the SF-424A if your project does not include construction or land acquisition and the SF-424C if the project includes construction or land acquisition. When developing your budget, note that financial assistance awards and sub-awards are subject to the Federal cost principles in 2 CFR 200, Subpart E, as applicable to your organization type.

Note on Multiple Federal Funding Sources: If your project budget includes multiple Federal funding sources, you must show the funds being requested from this Program separately from any other requested/secured Federal sources of funding on the budget form. For example, enter the funds being requested from this Federal program in the first row of the Budget Summary section of the form and then enter funding related to other Federal programs in the subsequent row(s). Be sure to enter each Federal program’s CFDA number in the corresponding fields on the form. The CFDA number for this Federal program is 15.663.

Budget Narrative In a separate narrative titled “Budget Narrative,” explain and justify all requested budget items/costs. Detail how the SF-424 Budget Object Class Category totals were determined and demonstrate a clear connection between costs and the proposed project activities. The justification for each budget category should be a brief general description of the costs that make up that category, yet provide enough detail to demonstrate the applicant has a financial plan for implementation of the proposed objectives. For example, under personnel costs include the total number of staff and the various job titles (classifications) anticipated to be charged to the project. Describe any item that requires the Service’s approval and estimate its cost (e.g., equipment and other capital expenditures, pre-award costs, etc.; see 2 CFR 200.407).

Required Indirect Cost Statement If you do not have an approved indirect cost rate you cannot charge indirect costs to your Federal award. You must include in your budget narrative one of the following statements and attach to your application any required documentation identified in the applicable statement: “We are:

1. A U.S. State or local government entity receiving more than $35 million in direct Federal funding each year with an indirect cost rate of [insert rate]. We submit our indirect cost rate proposals to our cognizant agency. A copy of our most recently approved rate agreement/certification is attached (or on file with the WSFR Headquarters Office);

A U.S. State or local government entity receiving less than $35 million in direct Federal funding with an indirect cost rate of [insert rate]. We are required to prepare and retain for audit an indirect cost rate proposal and related documentation to support those costs;

A [insert your organization type; U.S. States and local governments, please use one of the statements above or below] that has previously negotiated or currently has an approved indirect cost rate with our cognizant agency. Our indirect cost rate is [insert rate]. [Insert either: “A copy of our most recently approved but expired rate agreement is attached. In the event an award is made, we will submit an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency within 90 calendar days after the award is made.” or “A copy of our current, approved rate agreement is attached.”];

A [insert your organization type] that has never submitted an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency. Our indirect cost rate is [insert rate]. In the event an award is made, we will submit an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency within 90 calendar days after the award is made;

A [insert your organization type] that has never submitted an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency and has an indirect cost rate that is lower than 10%. Our indirect cost rate is [insert rate; must be lower than 10%]. However, in the event an award is made, we will not be able to meet the requirement to submit an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency within 90 calendar days after award. We request as a condition of award to charge a flat indirect cost rate of [insert rate; must be lower than 10%] of [insert a clear description of the direct cost base against which your rate is charged (e.g., salaries; salaries and fringe benefits; or modified total direct costs). However, please note that your organization cannot charge indirect costs in excess of the indirect costs that would be recovered if applied against modified total direct costs as defined in 2 CFR 200.68]. We understand that we must notify the Service in writing immediately if we establish an approved rate with our cognizant agency at any point during the award period.

A [insert your organization type] that has never submitted an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency and has an indirect cost rate that is 10% or higher. Our indirect cost rate is [insert your organization’s indirect rate; must be 10% or higher]. However, in the event an award is made, we will not be able to meet the requirement to submit an indirect cost rate proposal to our cognizant agency within 90 calendar days after award. We request as a condition of award to charge a flat de minimis indirect cost rate of 10% of modified total direct costs as defined in 2 CFR 200.68. We understand that we must notify the Service in writing immediately if we do establish an approved rate with our cognizant agency at any point during the award period. We understand that additional Federal funds may not be available to support an unexpected increase in indirect costs during the project period and such changes are subject to review, negotiation, and prior approval by the Service; or A [insert your organization type] that will charge all costs directly.”

Please note the following:

If you do not have an approved indirect cost rate you are prohibited from charging indirect costs to your Federal award. Accepting a flat de minimis rate as a condition of the award is an approved rate.

Failure to establish an approved rate during the award period renders all costs otherwise allowable as indirect costs unallowable under the award.

You may not charge to your Service award any indirect costs calculated against the portion of total direct costs paid by any other Federal funding source or partner.

You must have prior written approval from us to transfer unallowable indirect costs to amounts budgeted for direct costs or to satisfy cost-sharing or matching requirements under your award.

You are prohibited from shifting unallowable indirect costs to another Federal award unless specifically authorized to do so by legislation.

For more information on indirect cost rates, see our Indirect Costs and Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreements guidance document.

Negotiating an Indirect Cost Rate with the Department of the Interior If you do not have a NICRA you must first have an open, active Federal award before you can submit an indirect cost rate proposal to your cognizant agency. The Federal awarding agency providing you the largest amount of direct funding is your cognizant agency, unless otherwise assigned by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). If the Department of the Interior is your cognizant agency, your indirect cost rate is negotiated by the Interior Business Center. For more information:

Indirect Cost Services Acquisition Services Directorate, Interior Business Center U.S. Department of the Interior 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 7-400 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-930-3803 Email: Through Interior Business Center’s web form Internet address: Interior Business Center - Indirect Cost Negotiation Services Single Audit Reporting Statement As required in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, if you expend $750,000 or more in Federal award funds in a fiscal year, you must submit a Single Audit Report for that year through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse’s Data Entry System. You must provide in your application a statement regarding whether your organization was or was not required to submit a Single Audit Report for your most recently closed fiscal year and, if so, state if that report is available on the Federal Audit Clearinghouse Single Audit Database website and provide the EIN under which it was submitted. Include these statements in a paragraph titled “Single Audit Reporting Statements.”

Assurances If necessary, include the appropriate signed and dated Assurances form, which is available here. Use the Assurances for Construction Programs form (SF-424D) for construction and land acquisition projects and the Assurances for Non-Construction Programs form (SF-424B) for all other projects. The form includes a statement that some of the assurances may not be applicable to you and/or your project or program. Signing this form does not make you subject to laws that are otherwise not applicable to you. Changing, crossing out, or making notations on the form before signing has no impact on the applicability of law.

Effective February 2, 2019, you may now submit and certify your SF-424B Assurances for Non-Construction Programs form when creating, updating, or renewing your SAM registration. If you have submitted the SF-424B as part of your SAM registration or renewal, or it is already on file with your WSFR Headquarters Office, please do not include an additional copy in this application. The SF-424D cannot be updated via SAM; therefore, you may include a copy in your application.

Certification and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities You must not use any federally appropriated funds (either annually appropriated or continuing appropriations) or matching funds identified in your application to pay any person for lobbying in connection with your award (Title 31 U.S.C., Section 1352). Lobbying is defined as influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the award. Submission of an application also represents your certification of the statements in 43 CFR 18, Appendix A- Certification Regarding Lobbying. If you have made or agree to make any payment using non-appropriated funds for lobbying in connection with this proposal and the Federal share of the award exceeds $100,000, complete and submit the SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form available at Grants.gov or WSFR’s Financial Assistance Wiki Forms Page. See 43 CFR 18.100 for more information on when additional submission of this form may be required.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure You must notify us in writing of any conflicts of interest that arise during the life of your award, including those reported to you by any sub-recipient under the award. You must notify us in writing if any employees, including sub-recipient and contractor personnel, are related to, married to, or have a close personal relationship with any WSFR or Service employee or anyone who otherwise may have been involved in the review and selection of the award. The term employee means any individual engaged in the performance of work pursuant to the Federal award. You may not have a former Federal employee as a key project official or in any other substantial role in the proposed project if his or her participation is not in compliance with the legal authorities addressing post-Government employment restrictions. See the U.S. Office of Government Ethics website for more information on these restrictions. We will examine each conflict of interest disclosure based on the particular facts and the nature of the proposed project and will determine whether a significant potential conflict exists and, if so, if there are any possible actions you may take to reduce or resolve the conflict. Failure to disclose and resolve conflicts of interest in a manner satisfactory to us may result in any of the remedies described in 2 CFR 200.338 Remedies for Noncompliance, including termination of the award.

Required Overlap/Duplication Statement You must provide a statement indicating if there is any overlap between your Program application and any other Federal application, or funded project, in regard to activities, costs, or time commitment of key personnel. If no such overlap or duplication exists, please provide the following statement: “There is no overlap or duplication between this application and any of our other Federal applications or funded projects, including in regard to activities, costs, or time commitment of key personnel.” If any such overlap exists, provide a complete description of overlap or duplication between this proposal and any other federally funded project or application in regard to activities, costs, and time commitment of key personnel, as applicable. Provide a copy of any overlapping or duplicative proposal submitted to any other potential funding entity and identify when that proposal was submitted, to whom (entity name and program), and when you anticipate being notified of their funding decision. When overlap exists, your statement must include: “We understand that if at any time we receive funding from another source that overlaps with or is duplicative of the funding we are requesting from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in this application, we will immediately notify the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service point of contact identified in this Funding Opportunity in writing.”

Application Checklist

· SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance

· Project Summary

· Project Statement

· Completed SF-424A, SF-424C, or equivalent budget information

· Budget Narrative

· When applicable, provide a copy of your organization’s current NICRA

· Indirect Cost Statement

· Single Audit Reporting statement

· Completed SF-424B or SF-424D Assurances form

· If applicable, provide a completed SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form

· Conflict of Interest Disclosure, when applicable

· Required Overlap/Duplication Statement

· Drawings/Maps/Photographs (No Page Limit) Failure to provide complete information may cause delays in approval, or rejection of the application.

V. Submission Instructions Submission Deadline Grant application packages are due to the WSFR Headquarters Office (see Section VIII, Agency Contacts) on or before, September 19, 2019, by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. We recommend you submit early enough to address any unforeseen technical complications. All letters of financial commitment are due with the application by the deadline.

Electronic Submission Instructions

1. Go to Grants.gov Workspace.

4) Click the “Apply for a grant using Workspace” button and read the instructions provided.

a. Before you submit your application: You must register as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) and have a user ID and password. You can register here;

b. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view files on the web. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

5) Standard forms such as the SF-424, SF-424A, SF-424B, SF-424C, and SF-424D are fillable forms in Grants.gov Workspace.

6) All forms and attachments mentioned above must be submitted through the Grants.gov Workspace application.

Please do not assign application attachments file names longer than 20 characters, including spaces. Assigning file names longer than 20 characters may create issues in the automatic interface between Grants.gov and the Service’s financial assistance management system.

Although it is not a requirement, we also encourage you to submit a single PDF copy of your entire application to the WSFR Headquarters Office in case you encounter difficulties in submitting your application through Grants.gov The file should include required documents in the following order: Standard Forms (SF-424, SF-424C, SF-424D), Budget Narrative, Project Statement, maps and photos, and any letters of financial commitment. Email the application to the WSFR Headquarters contact (see contact information in section VIII, Agency Contacts) by the deadline. You are strongly encouraged to work with your WSFR Headquarters contact prior to submission to ensure applications are eligible and complete.

For further information or questions on electronic submission, contact your WSFR Headquarters Office.

VI. Application Review Criteria: This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with DOI Policy 505 DM 2.14 B(4). See Additional Information of Eligibility Section.

Review and Selection Process: This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with DOI Policy 505 DM 2.14 B(4). See Additional Information of Eligibility Section.

Prior to participating in any review or evaluation process, all staff and peer reviewers, evaluators, panel members, and advisors must sign and return to the program office point of contact the “Department of the Interior Conflict of Interest Certification” form. For a copy of this form, contact the Service point of contact identified in the Agency Contacts section below.

Each fiscal year, for every entity receiving one or more awards in that fiscal year, we conduct a risk assessment based on eight risk categories as required in 2 CFR 200.205. The result of this risk assessment is used to establish a monitoring plan, reporting frequency requirements, and to determine if one or more of the specific award conditions in 2 CFR 200.207 should be applied to the award. Prior to approving an award with a Federal funding amount that exceeds or is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold as adjusted (2 CFR 200.88), we must review and consider any information about you found in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity and Information System (FAPIIS). We do so to determine if, at a minimum, the information found in the system demonstrates a satisfactory record of Federal award performance and integrity and business ethics (see 2 CFR 200.205(a)(2)). We must also report to FAPIIS if you are found not qualified for a particular award due to a prior record of integrity or performance under Federal awards (see 2 CFR 200.212). We also review your statements regarding potential overlap or duplication in terms of activities, funding, or time commitment of key personnel and make a determination regarding Service funding.

VII. Award Administration Information Award Notices The WSFR Assistant Director or his/her designee approves or disapproves grant proposals and are responsible for sending notification of grant approval to you. Following review, you may be asked to revise the project scope and/or budget before an award is made. If your project is selected for funding, you will receive written notice in the form of a notice of award. Notices of award are typically sent to recipients by e-mail. If e-mail notification is unsuccessful, the documents will be sent by courier mail (e.g., FedEx, DHL or UPS). You are not required to sign/return the notice of award. The notice of award will include instructions specific to you on how to request payment. If applicable, the instructions will detail any additional information on any required forms and where to submit payment requests.

Domestic Recipient Payments Prior to award, we will contact you to either enroll in the U.S. Treasury’s Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) system or, if eligible, obtain approval from the Department of the Interior to be waived from using ASAP.

Transmittal of Sensitive Data You are responsible for ensuring any sensitive data sent to us is protected during its transmission or delivery. We strongly recommend that you use the most secure transmission or delivery method available including: secure digital faxing; encrypted emails; emailing a password-protected zipped or compressed file attachment in one email followed by the password in a second email; or emailing a zipped/compressed file attachment. We strongly encourage you to use a courier mail service when sending sensitive data in paper copy. You may also call us (see Section VIII, Agency Contacts) and provide any sensitive data over the telephone.

Administrative and National Policy Requirements Compliance with all applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies, including environmental laws such as NEPA, ESA, NHPA, Clean Water Act, and applicable executive orders must be satisfied before we can approve a grant and make funding available to you. All financial assistance awards are subject to Federal financial administration requirements. The WSFR Headquarters Office will work with you as needed to ensure that your application complies with these requirements. To find out more about these rules, including administrative requirements and cost principles, please review 2 CFR 200.

To find out more about these rules, including administrative requirements and cost principles, please review 2 CFR 200. These regulations apply to all recipients.

Award Terms and Conditions Acceptance of a financial assistance award from us carries with it the responsibility to be aware of and comply with the terms and conditions applicable to the award. Acceptance is defined as the start of work, drawing down funds, or accepting the award via electronic means. Awards are based on the application submitted to and approved by us and are subject to the terms and conditions incorporated into the notice of award either by direct citation or by reference to the following: Federal regulations; program legislation or regulation; and special award terms and conditions. If you do not have access to the Internet and require a full text copy of the Award Terms and Conditions, contact your WSFR Headquarters Office (Section VIII, Agency Contacts).

Recipient Reporting Requirements Interim and Final Reports For awards that last longer than 12 months, you are required to submit interim financial and performance reports no less frequently than annually except in unusual circumstances or if waived. Requiring a higher frequency of reporting (e.g., quarterly) will be based on our assessment of higher risk or other unusual circumstance. Quarterly and semiannual interim reports are due within 30 calendar days of the reporting period end date. Annual interim reports are due within 90 calendar days of the reporting period end date.

Performance reports must contain a comparison of actual accomplishments with the goals and objectives of the award as detailed in the approved scope of work, a description of reasons why established goals were not met, if appropriate, and any other pertinent information relevant to the project results.

Events may occur between the scheduled performance reporting dates that have significant impact upon your project activities. In such cases, you are required to notify us in writing as soon as the following become known. As necessary, provide a statement of any corrective action(s) taken or contemplated, and any assistance needed to resolve the situation.

a. Problems, delays, or adverse conditions that will materially impair the ability to meet the objective of the Federal award. This disclosure must include a statement of any corrective action(s) taken or contemplated, and any assistance needed to resolve the situation; and/or

b. Favorable developments that enable you to meet your objectives sooner or at less cost than anticipated or that produce more or different beneficial results than originally planned.

We will specify in the notice of award the required reporting frequency applicable to your award. Financial and performance reporting requirements and retention and access requirements are specified in 2 CFR 200 (Subpart D).

Real Property Reports You and your sub-recipients are required to submit reports on the status of real property in which the Federal government retains an interest. The required frequency of these reports will depend on the anticipated length of the Federal interest period. We will provide you with specific real property reporting requirements in the notice of award, including the required data elements, reporting frequency, and report due dates, as applicable.

Other Mandatory Disclosures You must disclose in a timely manner, in writing, to us or your pass-through entity all violations of Federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations potentially affecting the Federal award. If you have received a Federal award including the terms and conditions outlined in 2 CFR 200, Appendix XII—Award Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters, you are required to report certain civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings in SAM. Failure to make required disclosures can result in any of the remedies described in 2 CFR 200.338, Remedies for Noncompliance, including suspension or debarment (See also 2 CFR 180, 31 U.S.C. 3321, and 41 U.S.C. 2313). 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix XII—Award Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters is applicable to Federal awards of more than $500,000, except those awards to individuals and foreign public entities.

VIII. Agency Contacts The NFWF-USFWS Conservation Program is administered by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. National level program information can be obtained by contacting:

Service Headquarters Stephanie Rickabaugh U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: WSFR Falls Church, VA 22041 703‐358‐2214