CAP GILA RIVER BASIN NATIVE FISH AND RECOVERY AND CONSERVATION

Post Date

September 3rd 2015

Application Due Date

September 11th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00453

CFDA Number(s)

15.657

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The CAP Gila River Basin Native Fishes Conservation Program Was established in response to the 1994 2001 and 2008 biological opinions on CAP water transfers to the Gila River basin for the purposes of conserving native aquatic species and managing against nonindigenous aquatic species.Populations of some Gila River native aquatic species are extremely rare in the wild and appear on the verge of extirpation. The GRBNFCP is focused on five federally listed fish species spikedace loach minnow Gila chub Gila topminnow and razorback sucker and the Chiricahua leopard frog identified in the consultations but conservation actions can also include other native fish species in the Gila River basin.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Laverna Chavez, 505-248-6828
  Laverna_Chavez@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Laverna_Chavez@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Laverna_Chavez@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov