U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Cooperative Conservation Agreements in CONNECTICUT

Federal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service; Commodity Credit Corporation

Funding Opportunity Title: Cooperative Conservation Agreements – Fiscal Year {FY) 2019 Announcement for Program Funding – CONNECTICUT

Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NRCS-CT-CCA-19-GEN0010217
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.902, 10.912 and 10.931

SUMMARY
The Natural Resources Conservation Service {NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing potential availability of cooperative agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state- and community-level conservation leadership. Proposals will be accepted for projects located in the state of Connecticut.

Proposals are requested from federally recognized tribal governments, state and local units of government, non-governmental organizations, and institutions of higher learning for competitive consideration of agreement awards for projects between one (1) to five (5) years in duration.
This notice identifies the objectives, eligibility criteria, and application instructions for projects. Proposals will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provisions of this notice. Incomplete and/or noncom pliant proposals will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be sent to the applicant.

DATES
Proposals must be received by 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on July 1, 2019. Proposals in the possession of NRCS will be scored as they are received and, if eligible, added to a ranking list of projects for funding consideration throughout FY 2019. Funding decisions will be made by the NRCS State Conservationist, informed by the ranking list and the availability of funding in the programs whose CFDA numbers are listed above.