Opportunity Information: Apply for F22AS00144
The FY 2022 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF) Traditional Conservation Grants Program (Service Legacy Region 2) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to help states strengthen and carry out their endangered species conservation programs. The core purpose is to support on-the-ground and programmatic work that conserves and helps recover threatened and endangered species under FWS jurisdiction. In practical terms, the program is meant to move species closer to recovery under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and, where possible, reduce the likelihood that additional species will need to be listed by addressing threats early.
Grant funds can be used for projects that produce clear, direct benefits for species and their habitat. The opportunity explicitly includes work benefiting federally listed species, as well as candidate species, at-risk species, and species that have been recently delisted. States can propose conservation actions for federally listed resident species that are covered by the state’s cooperative agreement with FWS, and they can also request support for monitoring efforts for candidate, at-risk, and recently delisted species. The types of activities this program will consider are broad, as long as the conservation value is well supported. Projects may include management actions (such as habitat restoration or threat reduction), research (to fill data gaps that affect recovery decisions), monitoring (to track population status, habitat conditions, or effectiveness of actions), outreach (to improve compliance, stewardship, or public support), or a combination of these approaches.
A major theme in the solicitation is that applications need to be specific and outcome-focused. Proposals are expected to explain, in clear terms, how the work will contribute to recovery of a listed species or how it will prevent the need to list a species in the future. Strong applications typically connect proposed tasks to identifiable conservation outcomes, such as improving habitat quality or availability, reducing a known threat, generating actionable information needed for management decisions, or documenting measurable population or habitat trends. The program indicates that successful proposals will be those that convincingly demonstrate a direct benefit to the species or its habitat, rather than general environmental benefits that are harder to link to ESA outcomes.
Eligibility is limited to state governments, specifically state agencies that have entered into a formal cooperative agreement with FWS under ESA section 6(c). If a state does not already have such an agreement in place, it may still be eligible if it enters into or reconfirms the cooperative agreement within 30 days of the application deadline. The notice also emphasizes that FWS must have a complete, signed cooperative agreement before federal funds can be obligated to any project, citing applicable regulatory requirements (50 CFR 81.3, 50 CFR 81.5, and 43 CFR 12.50(b)(3)). While only states can receive the grant as the direct recipient, the program allows collaboration: other entities such as counties, conservation organizations, and similar partners may participate through a state agency as subgrantees when their work supports mutually beneficial conservation objectives.
Key opportunity details from the posting include the funding opportunity number F22AS00144 and the CFDA number 15.615, with FWS as the administering agency. The assistance mechanism is a grant, and the activity category is environment. The original application closing date listed is May 10, 2022. The award ceiling shown is $1,441,560. The opportunity was created on January 7, 2022.Apply for F22AS00144
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2022 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF) Traditional Conservation Grants Program (Service Legacy Region 2)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.615.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-01-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-05-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,441,560.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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