Fish and Wildlife Service

Description

Under FY13 appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support implementation of Great Lakes State Aquatic Invasive/Nuisance SpeciesManagement Plans (Plans). Those Plans have been transmitted by state governors and then approved by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Grant awards will be used by states for activities that directly relate to the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and Great Lakes Basin. Grants will be awarded based on a combination of up to two separate allocations to each state, and both of those allocations are covered under this process. One portion of the anticipated appropriation will be equally shared by all Great Lakes states. The second portion of the appropriation will be awarded under a competitive process for which only Great Lakes states are eligible. Proposals, which arc submitted from Great Lakes states under this process, will be evaluated on the basis of documentation provided in the grant proposal.For a full description of what to include in a proposal and the evaluation process please see the Notice of Funding Available (NOFA) associated with this grant.

Who can apply

• State governments

Contact

Mike Hoff, 612-713-5114 <br/>michael_hoff@fws.gov <br/>
michael_hoff@fws.gov