Long Island Forest Restoration

Post Date

July 11th 2011

Application Due Date

July 18th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-R1-13552-003

CFDA Number(s)

15.608

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is to be awarded to The Nature Conservancy

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $35000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award a cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy, under authority of CFDA 15.608 and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, as amended in 1988 (16 U.S.C. 2901-2911; 94 Stat. 1322). Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (╔к_NWR╔к_) and The Nature Conservancy (╔к_TNC╔к_) share a common boundary and adjacent ownerships with some of the same biological integrity issues for timberlands that had been actively cut prior to conservation ownership. TNC embarked upon a process to restore forest health not only to TNC property (Ellsworth preserve) but to work outside of their ownership to bring about forest restoration on a landscape scale. TNC developed a forest management plan for both ownerships and a suite of actions and timetables for implementing to restore the forest health. To bring about the changes that are being sought, the refuge needs to provide assistance to this effort. This agreement is being implemented in order to restore the long term health and biodiversity to the forests on the Long Island unit of Willapa NWR.The public will benefit not only from improved biological health of these coastal forest stands but in practical ways as well such as improving quality of public use opportunities such as big game hunting or wildlife observation.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Angie Chapman
  Administrative Officer
  Phone 360-484-3482

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Willapa NWR

• Agency Email Address:

  angie_chapman@fws.gov