Opportunity ID: 290576

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: F17AS00057
Funding Opportunity Title: R8 (CA/NV) Firearm and Bow Hunter Safety and Education Program for State Fish and Game Agencies
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 0
Assistance Listings: 15.626 — Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Dec 08, 2016
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 31, 2017
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 31, 2017
Archive Date: Nov 01, 2017
Estimated Total Program Funding: $0
Award Ceiling: $240,000
Award Floor: $1,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:

Additional Information

Agency Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Description: A. States may use the funds apportioned to them under Section 10 to:
1. Enhance programs for hunter education, hunter development, and firearm and archery safety. Hunter-development programs introduce individuals to and recruit them to take part in hunting, bow hunting, target shooting, or archery.
2. Enhance interstate coordination of hunter-education and firearm- and archery- range programs.
3. Enhance programs for education, safety, or development of bow hunters and archers.
4. Enhance construction and development of firearm and archery ranges.
5. Update safety features of firearm and archery ranges.

B. Section 10 funds supplement, not replace Section 4(c) Hunter Education funds, thereby enhancing a Stateâ¿¿s hunter education and safety program. The following are some examples of eligible activities:

1. Training participants in the safe and proficient use of hunting equipment, hunter responsibility, principles of wildlife management, wildlife identification, and firearms handling;
2. Constructing facilities, such as classrooms, shooting ranges, and other support facilities needed for instruction purposes;
3. Gathering information to help develop, implement, and evaluate hunter education and safety grants;
4. Providing training in trapper education as it relates to safety, responsibility, humane trapping methods, and avoidance of nontarget species, and development of trapping skills; and
5. Communicating information about WSFR grant funded hunter education and recreational shooting sports activities.

Link to Additional Information: Grants.gov
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Grants Fiscal Officer Tracey Vriens 916-414-6525
Tracey_Vriens@fws.gov

Email:Tracey_Vriens@fws.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Related Documents

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Grants Fiscal Officer Tracey Vriens 916-414-6525
Tracey_Vriens@fws.gov

Email: Tracey_Vriens@fws.gov

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
15.626 PKG00229672 Oct 01, 2016 Aug 31, 2017 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

290576 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

290576 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

290576 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

290576 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

290576 SF424C_2_0-2.0.pdf

290576 SF424A-1.0.pdf

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