Pre-proposal
applications are being accepted through March 1
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation announce the launch of the Pacific Northwest Native Fish Habitat
Initiative Fund in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This program will provide
funding for habitat restoration projects that protect and enhance native
trout and lamprey and their habitats. The pre-proposal period begins
immediately and closes March 1, 2006.
We are interested in funding innovative habitat restoration projects that
benefit native trout and lamprey in the States of Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho. We are seeking projects that will result in habitat conservation,
protection, restoration, or management actions that benefit coastal
cutthroat, westslope cutthroat, Yellowstone cutthroat, bull trout, and
redband trout, or Pacific lamprey and other native lamprey species.
We
are targeting these important fish species since they generally do not
receive the level of management attention as migratory Pacific salmon and
steelhead species.
Examples of projects we are seeking include on-the-ground habitat
restoration to enhance native trout and/or lamprey habitat; improved
in-stream flows in critical habitat areas affected by low flows through
innovative water transactions with willing landowners; upstream or
downstream fish passage past barriers to allow access to important fish
habitat; habitat restoration projects on National Wildlife Refuge System
lands or other Federal, State or Tribal refuges, reserves, and protected
areas where the primary purpose is fish and wildlife conservation;
habitat
restoration on private lands where long-term resource protection is
assured; prevention, early detection, control, and management of
invasive
species that directly affect native trout and lamprey habitat.
Pre-proposal descriptions for projects should be concise and can range
between $ 5,000 to $50,000. Selected projects that best fit the purpose
of
the program will be asked to provide a full description for possible
funding. Total funding for this program is $200,000. Projects that
demonstrate partnerships with local and regional interests, and have a
cost-share component will be stronger candidates for funding.
This program is an important opportunity for watershed restoration groups
to form local and regional partnerships for aquatic habitat restoration and
to make significant contributions to protecting and enhancing native trout
and lamprey across the Pacific Northwest.
More information about this program can be found at:
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/Fisheries/
Project descriptions can be submitted
on-line at:
https://collective.nfwf.org/pre-proposal/Preproposal.php
(select NFHI-PNW from the
“specific program” pull-down menu at the bottom of the form).
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is a nonprofit organization
established by Congress in 1984 and dedicated to the conservation of fish,
wildlife and plants, and the habitat on which they depend. The Foundation
creates partnerships between the public and private sectors to
strategically invest in conservation and the sustainable use of natural
resources. The Foundation awarded over 7,000 grants to more than 2,600
organizations in the United States and abroad and has leveraged – with its
partners – more than $300 million in federal funds since its establishment,
for a total of more than $1 billion in funding for conservation. The
Foundation is recognized by Charity Navigator with a top 4-star rating for
efficiency and effectiveness. Ninety-two cents of every dollar
contributed
to the Foundation is directed to on-the-ground conservation projects, with
five cents supporting management and administration of the Foundation’s
multi-million dollar grants program and three cents funding partnership
development and fundraising. For more information, visit
http://www.nfwf.org/
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge
System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small
wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national
fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices and 81 ecological services
field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores
nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat
such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments
with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance
program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes
on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
