Closed · F15AS00241 · CFDA 15.654 · Discretionary
Building Relevance for the National Wildlife Refuge System
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
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The verdict
Building Relevance for the National Wildlife Refuge System is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Archived opportunity record
Building Relevance for the National Wildlife… is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
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Est. Total Funding
$951,000
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The US Fish and Wildlife Service intends to issue a single source cooperative agreement to the National Wildlife Refuge Association as described below. This is not an application process. The National Wildlife Refuge Association proposes to work with the National Wildlife Refuge System through a Cooperative Agreement to invest $951,000 in planning, community outreach and program delivery in several Urban Refuge initiatives across the nation, including: ��� Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge ��� Denver, CO ��� Valle d���Oro National Wildlife Refuge ��� Albuquerque, NM ��� Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge ��� New Orleans, LA ��� Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge ��� Detroit, MI ��� John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum ��� Philadelphia, PA ��� A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ��� West Palm Beach, FL ��� South Texas Refuge Complex ��� Harlingen and McAllen, Texas In addition, as determined through the project period, the Refuge Association will also work with the Refuge System���s Urban Wildlife Conservation Program to develop urban refuge proposals and programs at: ��� Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge ��� Seattle, WA ��� Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge ��� San Francisco, CA ��� Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge ��� Salt Lake City, UT ��� Patuxent National Research Refuge ��� Laurel, MD The Refuge Association will work with the leadership of the Urban Wildlife Conservation Programs and with staff at each Refuge to develop a vision, flesh out programmatic goals and objectives, source partners to assist the Refuge in implementing their vision, and work to increase the capacity of Refuge Friends Groups to engage and serve urban constituencies.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · F15AS00241
Grants.gov marks Building Relevance for the National Wildlife… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). 939 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (22% of 4,243).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Cameron Matthews cameron_matthews@fws.gov
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