F25AS00184 FY 2025 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- F25AS00184
- Agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Environment
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering the FY 2025 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance grant program (Funding Opportunity Number F25AS00184). This program provides funding to state governments to support the development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) and Conservation Benefit Agreements (CBAs), as well as renewals or amendments of existing plans. Eligible activities include document preparation, public outreach, baseline species surveys, habitat assessments, inventories, and environmental compliance reviews. Applications are due by March 14, 2025, and the Service intends to make award recommendations within 60 days, with pre-award notifications by May 30, 2025 and funds obligated within 120 days.
The total program funding is $8,740,000, with an expected 12 awards to be made. Individual awards have a ceiling of $1 million for planning assistance grants (3-year maximum period) and $500,000 for CBA administration grants (up to $100,000/year for 5 years). A 25% non-federal cost share is required, which can be reduced to 10% for multi-state collaborations. The anticipated project start date is May 30, 2025 with an end date of May 30, 2030.
Synopsis
First awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2001, the Conservation Planning Assistance Grant program provides funding to States to support the development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) and Conservation Benefit Agreements (CBAs; formerly referred to as Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances). Funding may also be used to support the renewal or amendment of existing plans and agreements. The development of HCPs that include only candidate or at-risk species (i.e., no Federally listed species covered by the HCP), such that the HCP would be in place if the species is listed, is also supported through this program. Funding may be used to support development and planning activities such as document preparation, public outreach, baseline species surveys, habitat assessments, and inventories. The preparation of environmental compliance review documents, such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), is also an eligible use of grant funds. For CBAs, outreach, coordination, and administrative costs associated with the implementation of permitted agreements is also an eligible use of funds this year.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY25 CESCF At-Risk Species List.pdf | ||
| FY 2025 CESCF CPA FAQs FINAL.pdf | ||
| 12.11.24 Foa_Content_of_F25AS00184.pdf |
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