Fwd: Funding Opportunity: Marine Shoreline Protections Grants
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Subj: Funding Opportunity: Marine Shoreline Protections GrantsHello,
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The Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program managed by the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources invite proposals to apply for National Estuary Program (NEP) funding to protect in perpetuity high priority marine shoreline habitat from development. National Estuary Program funding is provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program is partnering with the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) to offer grants these grants.
Goal: The goal of the Marine Shoreline Protection grants are to protect high-priority, Puget Sound marine shoreline habitat from the impacts of development. These grants will protect, forever, the shoreline through land purchases and voluntary land preservation agreements, also called conservation easements. Preference will be given for projects that protect intact habitat in areas that are rapidly developing.
Eligible Applicants: Cities, counties, towns; Federally recognized Native American tribes; Nonprofit conservation organizations; Special purpose districts, port districts, or other political subdivisions of the state providing services to less than the entire state if legally authorized to acquire and restore habitat lands; State agencies
Eligible Projects: Acquisition/Protection: Projects must secure protection of bluffs or other high-priority habitat by buying land or easements, in perpetuity.
Key Dates:
Date
Description
June 2, 2014
Application deadline
August 1, 2014
Technical completion deadline
September 2014 (approximately)
Successful proposals chosen and awards announced.
September-December 2014 (approximately)
Grant agreements negotiated and awarded.
August 31, 2016
Projects must be complete, time extensions will not be allowed.
Anticipated Funding: $1.2 million (Grant Maximum: $600,000)
Application Process: The application is available through the online PRISM system on RCO’s website. http://www.rco.wa.gov/prism_app/about_prism.shtml For questions using PRISM, go to the RCO PRISM website: http://www.rco.wa.gov/prism_app/about_prism.shtml
Information about the Marine Shoreline Protection Grants can be found here: http://www.rco.wa.gov/grants/msp.shtml
The Manual (Manual 22: Marine Shoreline Protection) describing the requirements of the grants is found here: http://www.rco.wa.gov/documents/manuals&forms/Manual_22.pdf
Questions: If you have questions about the grant opportunity, contact the Marine and Nearshore Grant Program: Patricia...@ddfw.wa.gov
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