Program Description
This program provides Federal financial assistance to states and Territories to participate in a wide array of voluntary conservation projects for candidate, proposed, and listed species. The program provides funding for species and habitat conservation actions on non-Federal lands.
General Program Requirements
Participation is limited to State and Territorial agencies that have a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Interior. The annual Request for Proposals will describe the criteria that must be satisfied for a proposal to be eligible for funding and will be announced through www.grants.gov and posted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/section-6.html.
Your Next Steps
The following information will lead you to the next steps to apply for this benefit.
Program Contact Information
Please visit http://www.fws.gov/endangered/grants/index.html and click on the "How to contact us for more information" link to access a list of regional program contacts.
Headquarters Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W., (MS-420 ARLSQ)
Washington, D.C. 20240
Contact:
Chief, Endangered Species
Division of Consultation, HCPs, Recovey, and State Grants
703-358-2171
