Closed · F15AS00359 · CFDA 15.670 · Discretionary
Playa Conservation Initiative--Playa Wetland Restoration
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Playa Conservation Initiative--Playa Wetland Restoration is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered Varies by applicant across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.670
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Playa Conservation Initiative--Playa Wetland Restoration - is cataloged under number F15AS00359 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.670, posted by Fish and Wildlife Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on July 17, 2015. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. The agency has projected $40,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $40,000 estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $40,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
Not specified
THIS IS A SINGLE-SOURCE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted
July 17, 2015
Est. Total Funding
$40,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
**THIS IS A SINGLE-SOURCE AWARD NOTICE POSTING** Playa wetlands are the most important ecological feature in the southern shortgrass prairie (Haukos and Smith 1994). They are extremely ephemeral and, when flooded, very shallow. They provide critical fall, winter, and spring habitat to migrant birds, particularly waterfowl, shorebirds and Sandhill Cranes (Davis and Smith 1998, Smith 2003, Baar et al. 2008). Playa wetlands have suffered tremendous loss from sedimentation (that is, siltation from erosion of surrounding croplands), agricultural related excavation (e.g., construction of tail-water pits), and other modifications (Lou et al. 1997, Smith 2003). Federal, state, and non-government partners recently embarked on a modeling effort to develop a decision support tool for playa conservation, and embarked on a subsequent conservation initiative to conserve and restore playas. The decision support tool was used to identify high value ���clusters��� of playas; the initial phase of conservation delivery within these high value ���clusters���, or playa focal areas, is addressed through this proposal. Playa wetlands will be restored by backfilling pits on private lands in both Floyd and Castro Counties, Texas. Back-filling pits is a cost effective means to restore playas. Castro County is a historically important area for wintering waterfowl and Floyd County has the highest density of playa wetlands in North America. Restoration will occur on playas that have 1) established vegetation buffers and 2) minimal siltation (that is, hydrology can be restored without sediment removal). Playa wetlands that meet these criteria will be identified by the award recipient using the decision support tool. The Playa Lakes Joint Venture was the organizational lead on developing and refining the decision support tool, although there was strong input from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other conservation partners. Further prioritization of playas that meet these categories, if needed, will be performed by the award recipient���s GIS staff with cooperation from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other partners.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 99. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
Sara Williams sara_n_williams@fws.gov
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