Contacts
Sonja Jahrsdoerfer (907-786-3323 Bruce Woods (907-786-3695
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Region is soliciting proposals for funding under the Private Stewardship Grants Program. This program provides funding for projects carried out by individuals and groups to conserve imperiled or at-risk species on private lands. Since 2003, this program has funded 18 projects across Alaska, including providing bear-proof garbage containers to minimize human interactions with Kenai brown bears and stabilizing degraded trails to protect significant salmon-producing watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula, as well as reducing deposition of lead shot on private land habitats on the Yukon Delta to protect spectacled eiders and other migratory waterfowl. Alaska grant awards have ranged from $18,000 to $176,000.
Now in its fifth year, the innovative Private Stewardship Grants Program is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to assist voluntary conservation efforts on private lands. "Working with eager partners through this grant program is one of the Service's most effective tools for aiding imperiled species," said Tom Melius, the Service's Alaska Regional Director.
To be eligible, projects must be voluntary conservation efforts carried out on private lands (including lands owned by Alaska Native Corporations). The projects must benefit imperiled species or species of concern, such as, but not limited to, species listed or being considered for listing under the Federal or State Endangered Species Acts. A minimum of 10% of the cost of the project must be provided by non-Federal sources.
Proposals must be received at the Service's Anchorage Regional Office (see the address below) by February 14, 2007. For more information on this grant program, you may contact Sonja Jahrsdoerfer at (907) 786-3323 or write to Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, Alaska 99503. For additional information regarding this grant opportunity and how and where to submit proposals, please visit the Private Stewardship Grants Website at: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/grants/private_stewardship/index.html. The Private Stewardship Grants Program is identified in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as number 15.632.
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