Highland Conservation Act Grant Program

Post Date

May 10th 2016

Application Due Date

July 11th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

F16AS00221

CFDA Number(s)

15.667

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

4

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9680000

• Award Range:

  $200000 - $2420000

Grant Description

The Highlands Conservation Act (H.R. 1964, 2004; 16 U.S.C. 3901) is designed to assist Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania in conserving land and natural resources in the Highlands Region through Federal assistance for land conservation projects in which a State entity acquires land or an interest in land from a willing seller to permanently protect resources of high conservation value. The USDA Forest Service has identified lands that have high conservation value through the ДккHighlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 UpdateДк² similar to that completed for the Highlands of New Jersey and New York in 2002. Subject to availability of funds through Federal appropriation, each year, Governors of the four Highlands States may submit land conservation projects in the Highlands Region for funding not to exceed fifty-percent of the total cost; projects must be consistent with areas identified in the Update as having high resource value.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dr. Sadie Stevens 413-253-8677
  Sadie_Stevens@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Sadie_Stevens@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Sadie_Stevens@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov