Opportunity Information: Apply for F24AS00054
F24AS00054, titled "Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Recovery Land Acquisition Grants," is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.615) that supports land acquisition projects aimed at recovering species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). First offered in FY 2001, the program is designed to strengthen cooperation between State and Federal partners by using Federal funds to help secure specific parcels of habitat that are directly tied to recovering listed species. The core idea is practical and targeted: protect the right pieces of land in the right places so that recovery actions described in official recovery plans can actually be carried out and sustained over time.
The funding is intended for acquiring land either through fee simple purchase (full ownership) or by securing conservation easements (long-term, legally binding restrictions that protect conservation values while the land may remain in private ownership). In both cases, the acquisition must support Service-approved recovery plans and recovery outlines, reflecting the ESA's emphasis on recovery plans as the central roadmap for bringing species back to secure status. This means projects should be clearly linked to documented recovery needs, such as protecting critical breeding areas, maintaining migration corridors, preserving rare plant communities, or preventing further habitat fragmentation that undermines population viability.
Eligibility is narrow and specifically limited to State governments, and even then only to State agencies that have an active Cooperative Agreement under Section 6(c) of the ESA. In addition to having that agreement in place, the State agency must also have submitted whatever information is required for the annual renewal or reconfirmation of the Cooperative Agreement. The notice is explicit that applicants who do not meet both conditions will not be considered. While the award can only be made to a State, the program still allows meaningful participation by non-State partners: counties, local governments, tribes acting through arrangements with the State, land trusts, and other conservation organizations can collaborate with an eligible State agency and potentially operate as subgrantees, as long as the State remains the official applicant and recipient.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted with a creation date of September 25, 2023, and an original closing date of January 5, 2024. The listed award ceiling is $14,162,000, indicating that very large, high-impact acquisitions may be possible depending on available appropriations and project selection. Overall, the program is best understood as a habitat protection tool tightly tied to recovery planning: it is not general conservation funding, but a mechanism to lock in key recovery lands through purchase or easement, using State-Federal cooperation to make those acquisitions feasible and durable.Apply for F24AS00054
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "F24AS00054 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Recovery Land Acquisition Grants" 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 2023-09-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-05. (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 $14,162,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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