Endangered Species Grants
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Biologists are monitoring survival of juvenile Higgins eye pearlymussels that were captively propagated and then released in zebra mussel-free areas of large rivers. Section 6 grants helped fund the reintroduction projects.
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NEWS
Narrated Section 6 Slideshow - provides a brief overview of Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act which authorizes providing financial assistance to States.
August 14, 2012 News Release:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces More Than $33 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species - Two Projects Funded in Wisconsin
2012 Funded
Projects in the Midwest - - Wisconsin
Grant Program
Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act authorizes grants to States through the Cooperative Endangered
Species Conservation Fund. These funds may, in turn, be awarded to private landowners and groups for conservation projects. The following four types of grants are available through this Fund:
Projects Funded by Section 6 Grants
2011 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants
2010 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants
2009 Non-traditional Section 6 Grants
2008 Traditional Section 6 Grants
2008 Non-traditional Section 6 Grant Awards
2007 Traditional Section 6 Grants
2007 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the Upper Midwest
2006 Traditional S6 Grants: Funded Projects in the Upper Midwest
2006 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the upper Midwest (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)
2005 Nontraditional Grants: Funded Projects in the upper Midwest
Private
Stewardship Grants
From 2002 through 2008 these grants provided assistance directly to landowners for land management that benefited
species and their habitats. Congress did not provide funding for this program after 2008.
2007 Funded Projects
2006 Funded Projects
2005 Funded Projects
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