Grants | Overview
Because more than half of all species currently listed as endangered or threatened spend at least part of their life cycle on privately owned lands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recognizes that success in conserving species will ultimately depend on working cooperatively with landowners, communities, and Tribes to foster voluntary stewardship efforts on private lands. States play a key role in catalyzing these efforts.
A variety of tools are available under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to help States and landowners plan and implement projects to conserve species. One of the tools, the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (section 6 of the ESA) provides grants to States and Territories to participate in a wide array of voluntary conservation projects for candidate, proposed, and listed species. The program provides funding to States and Territories for species and habitat conservation actions on non-Federal lands. States and Territories must contribute a minimum non-Federal match of 25 percent of the total program costs, or 10 percent when two or more States or Territories implement a joint project. A State or Territory must currently have, or enter into, a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Interior to receive these grants. Most States and Territories have entered into these agreements for both plant and animal species.
FY 2012 Awards
Awards for Fiscal Year 2012 announced August 14, 2012. Read the news release
FY 2012 Request for Proposals
We accepted grant proposals for the FY 2012 funding period between October 26, 2011 and January 27, 2012.Read the news release
View the full text of the program announcement—request for proposals and application information
View the Standard Form 424 "Application for Federal Assistance"
View the Federal Aid Tool Kit for forms and compliance requirements for receiving Federal grants
Read the Director's Memorandum Regarding Prescribed Burning Off-Service Lands
Archive of section 6 grants information
Learn about other Service grant programs
Contact us for more information.
To learn more, download the Grants fact sheet. [471KB]
View information about current Endangered Species grant programs.
Find out how to apply for a grant.
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What We Do
For Landowners
- Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
- Safe Harbor Agreements
- Candidate Conservation Agreements
- Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances
- Recovery Credits and Tax Deductions
- Conservation Banking
- Conservation Plans Database
- Information, Planning and Conservation System (IPaC)
- Recovery Online Activity Reporting System (ROAR)
Permits
Grants
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- Featured Species
- Recovery Success Stories
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Partnership Stories