Deadline: 21-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) to make such funding available to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) for projects necessary for the conservation of salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for the conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat.
Objectives
- PCSRF was established in Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 to address a coast-wide need to restore and conserve Pacific Chinook salmon, coho salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, and pink salmon and steelhead, and their habitat. PCSRF supplements existing state and tribal programs to foster development of federal-state-tribal-local partnerships in salmon recovery and conservation by providing grants for restoration of anadromous salmonids to the eligible states and tribes.
- Under this solicitation, NMFS seeks applications for projects from eligible States, Indian tribes, representative Tribal Commissions, and Alaska Native Tribal Consortia (Consortia) so that it can allocate the FY 2022 Federal funds for PCSRF grants based on scientific and merit principles.
Priorities
The objective of the FY 2022 PCSRF is to supplement state and tribal programs for salmon restoration by allocating federal funding to projects and activities that provide demonstrable and measurable benefits to Pacific anadromous salmonids (i.e., Chinook salmon, coho salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, and pink salmon and steelhead) and their habitat. These projects and activities are those necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a state as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat.
Funding Information
- Total funding available under this notice is anticipated to be between $50 and $100 million.
- There are no restrictions on minimum funding requests, but there is a limit of $25,000,000 as the maximum amount requested by any applicant.
- The PCSRF program announcement is for programs and projects to be conducted for a 1-year or up to a 5-year period, with an anticipated start date no earlier than July 1, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and Federally-recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska).
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337442