Wolf-Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program (WLDPGP)
Subtitle C of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 (P.L.
111-11) (Act) authorized the Wolf-Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program with two purposes:
1) prevention - grant dollars to assist livestock producers in undertaking proactive, nonlethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves; and 2) compensation - grant dollars to reimburse livestock producers for livestock losses due to such predation.
Included in the authorization language was direction that the program be established as a grant program to provide funding to States and tribes, that the Federal cost-share not exceed 50 percent, and that funds be expended equally between the two purposes.
The Service is initiating a competitive program to States and tribes in accordance with P.L.
111-1 1. States and tribes may compete for prevention or compensation grants.
Grant amounts will be contingent upon the quality and number of proposals received.
111-11) (Act) authorized the Wolf-Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program with two purposes:
1) prevention - grant dollars to assist livestock producers in undertaking proactive, nonlethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves; and 2) compensation - grant dollars to reimburse livestock producers for livestock losses due to such predation.
Included in the authorization language was direction that the program be established as a grant program to provide funding to States and tribes, that the Federal cost-share not exceed 50 percent, and that funds be expended equally between the two purposes.
The Service is initiating a competitive program to States and tribes in accordance with P.L.
111-1 1. States and tribes may compete for prevention or compensation grants.
Grant amounts will be contingent upon the quality and number of proposals received.
Related Programs
Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention
Department of the InteriorRelevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Please access the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov, and search for CFDA number 15.666 or Opportunity Number F14AS00136.
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Not Available
Full Opportunity Web Address:
Http://www.grants.gov
Contact:
Kelly Niland, 703-358-2492Kelly_Niland@fws.gov
Agency Email Description:
Kelly_Niland@fws.gov
Agency Email:
Kelly_Niland@fws.gov
Date Posted:
2014-04-24
Application Due Date:
2014-06-13
Archive Date:
2014-07-31
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