Grant Program
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USFW Private Stewardship Grants Program Deadline: January 23, 2006 Link: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/grants/private_stewardship/index.html The Private Stewardship Program provides grants and other assistance on a competitive basis to individuals and groups engaged in local, private, and voluntary conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species. Diverse panels of representatives from State and Federal Government, conservation organizations, agriculture and development interests, and the science community assess applications and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior, who awards the grants. The Private Stewardship Program was initiated during Fiscal Year 2002, with grants first awarded during FY 2003. (Our fiscal year runs from October 1 through the following September 30.) In the past Fiscal Year 2005, the Service awarded more than $5.7 million in Federal funding under the Private Stewardship Program. A ten percent (10%) match of cash or through in-kind contributions is required. The program is available to private landowners and their partners. For detailed information and eligibility criteria, see the full text of the program announcement on the above listed website. Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number 15.632. If you have any questions about the program or potential projects, please contact me at the e-mail or phone information below. Ginger Phalen
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