The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering this grant as a cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy to restore the long-term health and biodiversity of forests on the Long Island unit of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. This grant is for addressing shared biological integrity issues in timberlands adjacent to the refuge and TNC’s Ellsworth preserve, where active cutting occurred. The Nature Conservancy developed a comprehensive forest management plan to bring about landscape-scale restoration. This effort aims to significantly improve the biological health of coastal forest stands, benefiting the public through enhanced recreational opportunities, including big game hunting and wildlife observation. This non-competitive award supports a vital conservation partnership.
Opportunity ID: 54704
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-R1-13552-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | LI Forest Restoration |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.608 — Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 20, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 25, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 25, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 24, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $35,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $35,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is being awarded to The Nature Conservancy |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THERE IS NO “FULL ANNOUNCEMENT” ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOTICE. this Notice in NOT a request for comptetive proposals. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award a cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy, under authority of CFDA 15.608 and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, as ammende in 1988 (16 U.S.C. 2901-2911; 94 Stat. 1322). Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) share a common boundary and adjacent ownerships with some of the same biological integrity issues for timberlands that had been actively cut prior to conservation ownership. TNC embarked upon a process to restore forest health not only to TNC property (Ellsworth preserve) but to work outside of their ownership to bring about forest restoration on a landscape scale. TNC developed a forest management plan for both ownerships and a suite of actions and timetables for implementing to restore the forest health. To bring about the changes that are being sought, the refuge needs to provide assistance to this effort. This agreement is being implemented in order to restore the long term health and biodiversity to the forests on the Long Island unit of Willapa NWR.The public will benefit not only from improved biological health of these coastal forest stands but in practical ways as well such as improving quality of public use opportunities such as big game hunting or wildlife observation. Period of perfomance is from June 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed assistance based upon Department Manual 505DM2, paragraph 2.14 (B) (1) Unsolicited Proposal of the applicant. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Angie Chapman
Administrative Officer Phone 360-484-3482 Email:angie_chapman@fws.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Angie Chapman Administrative Officer Phone 360-484-3482 Email: angie_chapman@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00018819 | May 20, 2010 | May 25, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54704 SF424-2.0.pdf
54704 SF424A-1.0.pdf
54704 SF424B-1.1.pdf