Closed · F24AS00447 · CFDA 15.667 · Discretionary
Highlands Conservation Act - Pilot - Under-Resourced Communities Funding Round
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25K-$831K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 31, 2024
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Highlands Conservation Act - Pilot - Under-Resourced Communities Funding Round is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $25,000 -- $830,862. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.
- $25K-$831K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.667
- CFDA program
- 4,242
- other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service
Archived opportunity record
Highlands Conservation Act is closed (last close December 31, 2024). 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 December 31, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$3,323,450
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Highlands Conservation Act Program (HCA) is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in the permanent protection of land and natural resources in the Highlands Region. HCA grants support land conservation projects in which a State, County, or Municipal entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to conserve resources of high conservation value.Subject to availability of funds through Federal appropriation, 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. Highland States may also request that the Service add Municipalities from within the identified Expanded Opportunity Area for the Highlands Landscape to the Highlands Region. In recent years, funding appropriated under the HCA has been divided into two separate categories – Base and Competitive. Notice of Funding Opportunities for the Base and Competitive rounds are posted separately.This Notice of Funding Opportunity is a pilot grant round for land protection projects in under-resourced and under-served communities within the Highlands Region. Eligible areas for land conservation for this grant round are shown here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/a9614d676a704ee482a1112449a10cce/page/Main/Once the map is open, click the box next to “under-resourced communities in the highlands region” layer to make the layer visible. Land or easement acquisition projects within this layer and in the eligible Highlands Region are eligible for funding. A project may not be proposed for funding in multiple funding opportunities.An online overview of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is scheduled for Friday, September 27 at 11:00 AM EST. Email the Service contact (Section G.1) to receive an invitation for the overview.
Public-sector applicant lane · Fish and Wildlife Service
Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Highlands Conservation Act (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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Jay Rasku jason_rasku@fws.gov
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What to do next
Highlands Conservation Act is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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