Closed · F22AS00301 · CFDA 15.667 · Discretionary

Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program - Base Funding

Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
October 31, 2022
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program - Base Funding is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $25,000 -- $1,460,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

$25K-$1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
15.667
CFDA program
4,242
other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service

Archived opportunity record

Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program is closed (last close October 31, 2022). 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

Application window closed

Closed October 31, 2022

Posted Apr 13 Closes Oct 31

Est. Total Funding

$5,840,000

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Highlands Conservation Act (H.R. 1964, 2004; 16 U.S.C. 3901) (HCA) is designed to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in conserving land and natural resources in the Highlands Region through Federal grants to support land conservation projects in which a State entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to permanently protect resources of high conservation value. The USDA Forest Service (USFS) was directed by the HCA to identify lands that have high conservation value through the “New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Study: 2002 Update” and the “Highlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 Update.” Subject to availability of funds through Federal appropriation, each year, Governors of the four Highlands States may submit proposals for up to 50% of the total cost of land conservation projects in the Highlands Region. Proposed projects must be consistent with areas identified in the Study and Update as having high resource value. This program funds land conservation by State Conservation Agencies in the Highlands Region. Funding appropriated under the HCA has been divided into two separate categories – Base and Competitive. Eligible applicants may submit requests for Base Funding in response to this Notice of Funding Opportunity. A separate Notice of Funding Opportunity will be posted for Competitive Funds. A property may not be proposed for funding from both the Base and Competitive funding opportunities. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) administers the HCA grant program.

Public-sector applicant lane · Fish and Wildlife Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). 597 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (14% of 4,243).

Code 00
State governments

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.

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Agency Contact

Jay Rasku jason_rasku@fws.gov

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What to do next

Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants