NP USFWS / NPLCC FY14 Funding Opportunity

Funding Opportunity Number: F14AS00023
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 15.669
CFDA Description: Cooperative Landscape Conservation

The USFWS is seeking project pre-proposals, not to exceed $50,000, on behalf of the NPLCC for landscape-scale climate-related science and information that address one or more of the eligible activities described below. Project pre-proposals will be evaluated by a team of reviewers convened by the NPLCC Coordinator and Science Coordinator. Based on evaluations and potential discussions, invitations to submit full proposals will be made to a subset of the leads who submitted pre-proposals. 

Projects must clearly identify a management application, be applicable to some or all of the geographic range of the NPLCC, and must address one of the following eligible Actions included in the updated Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (S-TEK) Strategy's 2014 Implementation Plan: 

• Action 2.5:  Synthesize information from existing work related to a species, ecosstem, or ecosystem service/characteristic in different geographic locations to inform both the common factors affecting that resource across a broader geography and the issues that may be unique to one geography.  Work with decision-makers to understand how this information can be used and how scientists can deliver the information so it is relevant.  
• Action 4.2:  Assist one or more natural/cultural resource management entities in teh NPLCC with incorporating climate change information into habitat conservaiton, restoration, adaptation, or enhancement efforts. 
• Action 4.4:  Work with decision-makers to incorporate climate change information into their natural resource management through linking actions to key climate impacts, vulnerabilities or adaptation options. 

In support of the NPLCC and consistent with Secretarial Order 3289 and other LCC guidance, awards issued pursuant to this announcement will be expected to result in various products or outcomes. USFWS Region 1 reserves the right to make no awards under this announcement. Funding amounts awarded for selected proposals are not explicit; final amounts awarded are at discretion of the NPLCC Steering Committee and USFWS Region 1.

The NPLCC extends from south-central Alaska to northern California and its mission is “The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative promotes development, coordination and dissemination of science to inform landscape level conservation and sustainable resource management in the face of a changing climate and related stressors.” Details about the NPLCC can be found at http://northpacificlcc.org/. Projects selected for funding will help implement the NPLCC S-TEK Strategy.