F24AS00055 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: HCP Land Acquisition
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- F24AS00055
- Agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $10,000 to $26,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Environment
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The HCP Land Acquisition Grant program, established in 1997, provides matching grants to states for land acquisition projects that conserve species habitat through fee simple acquisition or permanent conservation easements. The program aims to reduce conflicts between conservation and land use, promote species recovery, prevent extinction, and preclude the need to list species under the ESA. The acquired land complements, but does not replace, the mitigation, minimization, and monitoring commitments of the HCP, serving as a way to leverage non-Federal investment in species recovery and connect conservation lands.
List of services and products to be provided:
- Matching grants to states for land acquisition projects.
- Conservation of species habitat through fee simple acquisition or permanent conservation easements.
- Mitigation, minimization, and monitoring commitments of the HCP.
- Leverage non-Federal investment in species recovery.
- Connect conservation lands across the landscape.
Synopsis
Established by Congress in fiscal year (FY) 1997, the HCP Land Acquisition Grant program was designed to reduce conflicts between the conservation of listed species and competing land uses on specific parcels of land associated with approved and permitted HCPs. Under this program, the Service provides matching grants to States in support of land acquisition projects that will conserve species habitat in perpetuity through fee simple acquisition or the acquisition of permanent conservation easements. The Service considers the use of Federal acquisition dollars by States for habitat protection associated with HCPs to be an important and effective mechanism to promote species recovery, prevent extinction, and preclude the need to list species under the ESA in the future. All land acquired through these grants complements, but does not replace, the mitigation, minimization, and/or monitoring commitments of the HCP. Thus, this work is additive to the conservation commitments entered into when HCPs are permitted and serves as a meaningful way to leverage non-Federal investment in species recovery and connect conservation lands across the landscape.
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