Deadline: 24 June 2019
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services is currently seeking applications for Mexico Standard Program to promote partnerships between public agencies and groups interested in protecting, improving, restoring, and managing an appropriate distribution and diversity of wetland ecosystems and other habitats for wetlands-associated migratory birds and other fish and wildlife in North America.
This program’s goal is to promote partnerships between public agencies and groups interested in:
- Protecting, improving, restoring, and managing an appropriate distribution and diversity of wetland ecosystems and other habitats for wetlands-associated migratory birds and other fish and wildlife in North America;
- maintaining and improving the current distributions of wetlands-associated migratory bird populations; and
- maintaining an abundance of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and other populations of wetlands-associated migratory birds consistent with the objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Waterbird Conservation Plan for the Americas, Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan, and other international obligations contained in the treaties and migratory bird conventions and other agreements with Canada, Mexico, and other countries.
PROPOSALS
Proposals should demonstrate how the activities of partners involved in a wetlands conservation project will encourage sustainable and effective programs for the long-term conservation of wetlands-associated migratory birds. The Act defines wetlands conservation projects as:
- The acquisition of property containing wetlands ecosystems and associated habitats, including water rights, wherein the acquired land will be administered for its long-term conservation and for the benefit of migratory birds, fish, and other wildlife that depend on it;
- The restoration, management, or enhancement of wetlands ecosystems and associated habitats, wherein theses activities will be conducted on lands and waters that will be administered for their long-term conservation and for the benefit of migratory birds, fish, and other wildlife that depend on them; and
- Only for projects carried out in Mexico, activities that involve technical training, education, sustainable-use studies, or organizational infrastructure-building needed to develop or strengthen wetlands conservation and management capabilities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants can be any of the following:
- Individuals, corporations, societies, associations, cooperatives, ejidos, or any other private entity;
- Civil servant, employee, agent, agency, or branch of the Federal Government, when they have a banking system capable of transferring funds directly to the agency or branch (e.g., trust fund or account, separate from the central government), state, municipality, or political subdivision of a state;
- Universities or other institutions of education; and
- International organizations.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.fws.gov/birds/grants/north-american-wetland-conservation-act/standard-grants/mexico.php